Blue Island Junction
IHB BP2 crosses the Cal-Sag Channel behind a pair of retro GP40-3s as it departs Blue Island with traffic for CPKC. When construction of the Cal-Sag began in 1911, the B&OCT right-of-way that is now the IHB mainline was rerouted to the left to cross the GTW north of the canal. This arrangement lasted through both World Wars until the canal was widened in the late 1950s. Subsequently, the present IHB ROW was relocated to its pre-1911 routing creating the modern configuration of Blue Island Junction.
Blue Island Junction
IHB BP2 crosses the Cal-Sag Channel behind a pair of retro GP40-3s as it departs Blue Island with traffic for CPKC. When construction of the Cal-Sag began in 1911, the B&OCT right-of-way that is now the IHB mainline was rerouted to the left to cross the GTW north of the canal. This arrangement lasted through both World Wars until the canal was widened in the late 1950s. Subsequently, the present IHB ROW was relocated to its pre-1911 routing creating the modern configuration of Blue Island Junction.