Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Archive

IHB Steam Photos

The first six images are by Howard Davis and are from the collection of Bud Laws. We thank Bud for allowing us to display them here.
The seventh is a beautiful shot of one of IHB's "super switchers" and is from Lightnin's collection. The photographers of the remaining
four photos are unknown. If anyone recognizes these shots and can provide information about them, please contact us.

0-8-0 167 with capped stack awaiting its doom. The photo was taken at Gibson in May, 1951,
and by this time 167 had been retired.

Mikado 256 at LaGrange in 1938.

Mikado 406 at Hammond in October, 1947.

Mikado 410 with feedwater heater. Photographed at LaGrange, in February, 1937.

0-8-0 304 smokes it up at Argo in February, 1941.

0-8-0 156 under a full head of steam

0-8-0 100 was one of the Harbor's super switchers. Only three were built, all for the Harbor, and were the most powerful
0-8-0s ever constructed. They had three cylinders and a booster engine in the tender (note the forward tender truck).
If you look closely, you can see the cylinder head of the third cylinder underneath the smoke box.
From Lightnin's collection, photographer unknown.

0-8-0 335 at Gibson shops. Date unknown.

0-6-0 45 in storage with capped stack. Built in 1913, it was among the last 0-6-0s to be retired.
The date is probably 1949.

0-6-0 30 in storage with capped stack. Note the tender is lettered "Indiana Harbor" instead of "Indiana Harbor Belt."
Two of IHB's predecessors were for a brief time named Indiana Harbor Railroad. This unit came from Chicago,
Indiana & Southern, which was also known as Indiana Harbor (Indiana).

0-6-0 switcher 47; like sister 45, she served on the Harbor for 37 years.