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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:6/1/1945 - 5/21/1951
Album Info:These are 4 photos of Indiana Harbor Belt steam locomotives.
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IHB 0-6-0 #44
Title:  IHB 0-6-0 #44
Description:  Original photo of Indiana Harbor Belt switcher #44. Specifics - Baldwin September 1913 as IHB 21, renumbered to44 in 1916, 57" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 21x28" cylinders, 32,570 lb tractive effort. The class was retired 1949-50. Unknown date and location. H.M. Kniffen photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1945  Upload Date: 10/27/2014 5:34:12 PM
Location:  Unknown, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  IHB 44(0-6-0)
Views:  549   Comments: 0
IHB 2-8-2 #409
Title:  IHB 2-8-2 #409
Description:  Thanks to the research efforts of ChuckZeiler, he has clarified the confusion from having two #409 on the IHB roster. This one was buiilt by Alco-Schenectady in August of 1923. In 1950, the loco was transferred to the NYC roster as their #1487. The loco served the NYC until retirement in 1955. Specifics - serial #64733, class H-5t, 63" drivers, 25x32" cylinders. Date and location are unknown. C.C. Grayson photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1945  Upload Date: 10/27/2014 5:39:48 PM
Location:  Unknown, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  IHB 409(2-8-2)
Views:  440   Comments: 1
IHB 0-8-0 #167
Title:  IHB 0-8-0 #167
Description:  If the date on the photo is correct, this may be the last days of this Indiana Harbor Belt switcher's life sitting in Gibson Yard as the class was scrapped between 1950-51. Specifics - Lima, 1918, 58" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 23.5x30" cylinders, 45,700 lb tractive effort. No photographer listed.
Photo Date:  5/21/1951  Upload Date: 10/27/2014 5:34:24 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  IHB 167(0-8-0)
Views:  663   Comments: 0
IHB 0-8-0 #317
Title:  IHB 0-8-0 #317
Description:  The days are numbered for this 1919 Baldwin built switcher as the Indiana Harbor Belt scrapped the class between 1950-51. Specifics - 52" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 25x28" cylinders, 51,490 lb tractive effort. No photographer was identified.
Photo Date:  5/21/1951  Upload Date: 10/27/2014 5:34:59 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  IHB 317(0-8-0)
Views:  1067   Comments: 0


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