Michigan City.
AF 19: The Belt Job (Mon-Fri: 8:30 a.m.). The Belt Job works their train west to Belt Railway of Chicago’s Com- mercial Ave. Yard in South Chicago. A normal day sees a pair of Geeps depart Shops westbound behind South Shore Train 14 (which departs the 11th Street at 8:37 a.m). Upon arrival at Bailly, AF 17 hands their train off to the AF 19. Some days a stop is made at
Goff on Gary’s east side to interchange with the CN (EJ&E). The train then continues west to Burnham Yard. Up- on completion of the work at Burnham, the train run west to Kensington, then north on the CN/IC to Fordham. At Fordham, after ducking under the BRC, the train is shoved up to Com- mercial Ave. Yard. Trains are swapped, and the crew shoves back down to the IC connection. They run back to Burn-
ham where they tie up for the day. AF 20: The East Chicago Job (Sun-Thurs: 10:30 a.m.). The Barr Job is a transfer that runs to CSX at Miller and then on to Peiguss Yard in East Chicago, Indiana. A pair of engines runs light to Bailly and picks up their outbound train. The train then runs west to Miller where they gain access to the CSX Barr Subdivison. The train is shoved down the connection to the crossover at the west end of Miller Sid- ing. After authority is gained from the CSX “RA” Dispatcher, the train is shoved onto the CSX main and then proceeds west to East Chicago. At Co- lumbia Ave. the train enters the east leg of the wye off to head into the yard. Cuts are swapped and the train heads back east to Miller. Once on the South Shore again, a set out is made at Bailly of cars for the mill (sometimes the whole train, sometimes not. The re- maining cars are usually destined for the yard in Michigan City).
AF 21: The Burnham Switcher (Sun-Thurs: 7:00 p.m.). This job starts at the new yard office at Burnham Yard, switches out an eastbound (des- tined for Shops) and a westbound train (destined for Port of Illinois), and switches all of the industries west of Burnham, including the Port of Illinois. After the eastbound and westbound trains are switched out, the Switcher
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