Re: [BRHSlist] Speaking of Ballast

["Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>]

I seem to remember in the Lines East Corporate History by W.W. Baldwin there
was an isolated chunk of railroad called the Chicago, Burlington & Hammond
(or something like that). It was a yard in either East Chicago or Hammond
next to
a BRC Yard near the steel mills. I don't remember who told me but it dated
from the steam days and a 2-10-2 was stationed down there....apparently to
haul slag ballast over the BRC to distribute on Lines East.
Charlie