Hammond, Indiana area trains - October 31, 1986

A fairly windy, but sunny day. My dad and I caught a lot of interesting things this day as we hopped around different spots in the area. The impromptu invite into Hick Tower was pretty cool and the Conrail maintainer was explaining to us what he was checking for on the bascules.

State Line Tower
00:00 Westbound NS 6572 and NS 6575. Pretty unique P5 horn. An IHB sneaks behind headed west on the NS transfer track.
01:45 Eastbound CSX (WM 4261, CSX 6375) on the former B&O headed for Garrett.
02:58 Westbound CSX local (CO 1524, Caboose BO 902938) shoves into the NS transfer. A friendly hello from the crew on the caboose. Notice the GATX tank car behind the caboose says Calumet Refining Company.
05:29 Eastbound NS (NS 3267, BM 335, SOU 3243) headed towards Fort Wayne.
07:24 Westbound NS local (NW 8073, NW 224) with old cast P5.
08:40 Westbound NS transfer (SOU 2869) on CSX heads back to their own tracks. Classic Southern P5 horn.
10:07 Westbound South Shore grab shot.
10:21 CSX local heads back east after interchanging with NS.

Hohman Ave. Tower
11:02 Eastbound Conrail on IHB led by CR 1940.
11:49 Eastbound IHB 9215, PB3 shoves eastbound.
12:25 Westbound Conrail (likely ELPR) with CNW 5059 at State Line Rd.

Hammond/Whiting Amtrak Depot
13:22 Amtrak # 352, eastbound Lake Cities (AMTK 346)
14:31 Eastbound Chicago Short Line on B&OCT

Hick Tower
14:57 Eastbound Conrail BNEL (CR 6769)
15:35 Conrail maintainer working on the bascule bridges. The bridge to the right he called “Track 19” and was ex-NYC - used at this time as a controlled siding. An Inland Steel tugboat comes through the canal.
19:17 The same CSX local (CO 1524) we caught at State Line comes through westbound on the Conrail and then switches onto the B&OCT.
21:23 Inland Steel tugboat returns with a barge.
22:31 Inside Hick Tower, Amtrak # 353 comes by with AMTK 369 leading.
23:35 Eastbound Amtrak #40 Broadway Limited with AMTK 344, AMTK 285.
24:25 Some slides from the day, mostly taken by my dad. Music is Dream Escape by The Tides (YouTube Music).