The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad ( reporting mark IHB ) is a Class III railroad in the United States .
5-500: IHB may refer to: Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Indiana Historical Bureau Institute of Hydrobiology Irregular heartbeat International Hydrographic Bureau or as it's more currently known the International Hydrographic Organization Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-594: Is jointly owned by Conrail Shared Assets Operations (51%) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (49%). These shareholders trace their ownership stake in IHB to previous mergers and acquisitions in the railroad industry. Conrail's ownership is traced back to the Penn Central Transportation Company and prior to that, the New York Central Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad . CPKC's ownership
15-969: Is through its subsidiary, the Soo Line , which inherited it from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (also known as the "Milwaukee Road"). Also, the IHB's northern terminus is the Milwaukee District West Line in Franklin Park, Illinois , which is operated by Metra and CPKC. The line comprises 320 miles (510 km) of track—30 miles (48 km) 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 at CPKC's Elgin Subdivision, traveling southeast around
20-610: The city to its headquarters in Hammond, Indiana . The railroad's largest yard is Blue Island located in Riverdale, Illinois . The Gibson Yard, located in Hammond, Indiana, is arguably the largest automobile traffic switching operation in the United States. Other yards include Burnham, Calumet City, Alsip, Argo, LaGrange, Rose, Norpaul, Whiting, Michigan Avenue, and Lakefront. Since the 1970s,
25-461: The title IHB . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IHB&oldid=1248157944 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad The IHB
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