Steam on the IHB

It’s quite early on New Year’s day, signaling the beginning of 1943. Jack Delano has recorded this steam powered train chuffing through a yard on the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. Based on the direction of the track and the proximity to the C&NW’s Proviso yard, I’d guess the location to be the IHB yard in Franklin Park near Chicago. And while speculating, I’d say the locomotive is likely one of the road’s 2-8-2 Mikados, this based only on this silhouette.

Steam on the IHB