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Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company
2721 161st St.
Hammond, IN 46323-1099
IN Tel. 219-989-4703
Fax 219-989-4707

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.ihbrr.com
 Employees: 750

Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad provides switching services on its network of more than 50 miles of mainline track in Indiana and Illinois. The company serves the Chicago area, which is North America's primary railroad hub. Indiana Harbor Belt handles traffic from industrial customers, such as chemical and metal producers, and interchanges traffic with about 15 other rail lines. Steel companies account for the largest share of the company's freight traffic. Conrail, which is controlled by Norfolk Southern and CSX, owns 51% of Indiana Harbor Belt; Canadian Pacific Railway owns 49%.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $108.0M

Officers:
General Manager: Jim Roots
General Superintendent Operations: D.H. (Dave) Nelson
Comptroller: Derek Smith

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Wikipedia: Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
 
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Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
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Reporting mark IHB
Locale northwest Indiana, suburbs of Chicago, Illinois
Dates of operation 1896–present
Track gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters Hammond, Indiana
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The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (reporting mark IHB) is a Class III railroad[1] in the United States. The line comprises 320 miles (510 km) of track—30 miles of single mainline track, 24 miles (39 km) of double-main track and 266 miles (428 km) of additional yard and side track—starting northwest of Chicago in Franklin Park, Illinois, traveling southeast around the city to its headquarters in Hammond, Indiana.

The line's largest yard, Blue Island, is located in Riverdale, Illinois with other yards in the Indiana cities of Hammond and East Chicago. The Gibson Yard, located in Hammond, is arguably the largest auto-switching operation in the United States.

Throughout the 1970s and 1990s to the present, Indiana Harbor Belt operated an extensive interlocking tower system including: East End, Osbourne, Calumet, Stewart Avenue, Graselli, 55th Street and Argo towers and North Harvey switch tender. They later took over State Line tower from the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad.

Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Police

The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Police Department consists of 15 sworn officers and is, current to 2006, directed by Chief of Police Vic Barks and Assistant Chief Rob Olszowka. Operating under the authority of state and federal statute, the IHBPD is responsible for the protection of employees, property and assets on or about IHB property in the states of Indiana and Illinois.

References

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  1. ^ Surface Transportation Board, THE BELT RAILWAY COMPANY OF CHICAGO -- TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTION -- INDIANA HARBOR BELT RAILROAD COMPANY, January 9, 2002

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Preceded by
Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad		 Regional Railroad of the Year
2003		 Succeeded by
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway


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