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| Title: |
Hot Metal Bottle Train in Transit |
| Description: |
Headed up by one of the GP38-2 units on hand, this regularly scheduled hot metal bottle train ambles slowly from the ArcelorMital plant in East Chicago, IN, to the finishing plant in Riverdale, IL, via mostly IHB trackage. The cars' rotund shape makes it an easy one to spot coming down the track. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/15/2016 5:24:39 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Transit,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 5152(GP38-2) |
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3926 Comments: 9 |
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| Title: |
NS 5152 |
| Description: |
Power for the four car hot metal bottle train and the gondola spacers used to spread the weight out when crossing bridges. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/15/2016 5:24:43 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Transit,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 5152(GP38-2) |
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364 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 5152 |
| Description: |
Barely moving more than 10-15 mph usually, this GP38-2 moves the 4 loaded hot metal bottle cars and the gondola spacers between the two ArcelorMital plants in Indiana and Illinois, a distance of approxmately 14 miles away. This is one of the last locations where hot metal bottle cars (or torpedo cars to some) are found traveling outside the steel plants. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/15/2016 5:24:46 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Transit,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 5152(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
379 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
INLX 143 |
| Description: |
The first hot metal bottle car (or torpedo car to some) is former Inland Steel #143, now an ArcelorMitall car. Note the five axle trucks on each end. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/15/2016 5:24:50 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Transit,Action |
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204 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
INLX 203 |
| Description: |
The second hot metal bottle car (or torpedo car to some) is former Inland Steel #203, now an ArcelorMital car. This is a Reichard built car with unusual 6 axle trucks on each end. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/15/2016 5:24:52 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Transit,Action |
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150 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
INLX 132 |
| Description: |
The third hot metal bottle car (or torpedo car to some) is former Inland Steel #1323, now an ArcelorMital car. Note the 5 axle trucks on each end. Chalk numbers written on the front end seem to handle the heat well while cut out metal numbers label the rear of the car. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/15/2016 5:24:55 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Transit,Action |
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162 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
INLX 155 |
| Description: |
The second hot metal bottle car (or torpedo car to some) is former Inland Steel #155, now an ArcelorMital car. This is a Reichard built car with just 5 axle trucks on each end. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/15/2016 5:24:58 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Transit,Action |
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193 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The hot metal bottle car ambles on . . . |
| Description: |
Splitting the Indiana Harbor Belt signals along Kennedy Avenue in East Chicago, the hot metal bottle train slowly ambles toward the Riverdale, IL, ArcelorMital plant some 14 miles away. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/15/2016 5:25:02 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Transit,Action |
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101 Comments: 0 |
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