Working as the dock switcher for the yard at the harbor in Conneaut, Ohio, the pair of SD38's smoke it up as they pass through the dual arches that carry both the CN Bessemer Subdivision and Conne... (more)
With a pair of Bessemer tunnel motors bracketing an SD40-2W, Canadian National dock job R921 shoves out on to Dock 6 in Duluth, Minnesota with a train of loaded ore hoppers for unloading. The out ... (more)
BLE 862 leads a huge Misc Run through the signal bridge at Oneida, into Butler, and eventually North Bessemer.
BLE 903 leads a CN empty limestone train through the fog into Proctor Yard where it will end its run from MinnTac located north of Mountain Iron, MN. This service uses ore jennies to handle the li... (more)
BLE 903 heads up a quartet of power for ore and limestone trains that operate between Proctor and the Mesabi Iron Range. The power is parked at the CN engine facilities in Proctor Yard between ass... (more)
BLE 909 leads an empty limestone train south at Munger, MN where the former Missabe mainline from Iron Jct. to Proctor, MN goes under the former DW&P main from Virginia, MN to Nopeming Jct., MN. C... (more)
On a cold winter evening, the BLE trio idles beside IC 6251 in Proctor Yard. DMIR 215 can also be seen doing work in the background, making three of CN's predecessor roads visible in this photo.
A pair of Bessemer & Lake Erie EMD's are on home rails as they lead the Canadian National L519 local north through Saxonburg, Pennsylvania and past the searchlight signals at the approach to SX No... (more)
Four EMDs lead a short mixed freight into the setting sun near Biwabik.
Bridge 710, which has been out of service for more than a decade, looms in the background as CN train L512 is seen spotting cars at the Port of Chicago.
B&LE SD38-2 878 leads CN L512 East through East Chicago.
B&LE SD38-2 878 leads CN L512 East out of South Chicago.
With a Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motor and a CN Anniversary Dash 8 on the point, CN U731 rounds the bend as it rolls through Iron Junction, Minnesota and heads towards the Fairlane Taconite Plan... (more)
The Byron Hill helper set stands by for its next shove as L508 arrives Shops Yard while a southbound Q train prepares to depart.
A trio of Bessemer & Lake Erie EMD's roll through the fields of Adamsville, Pennsylvania as they lead ore loads south from Conneaut to North Bessemer. Owned by Canadian National since 2004, the su... (more)
B&LE tunnel motor 906 leads the Two Harbors MRF South through Iron Junction.
In beautiful evening sunshine, Bessemer & Lake Erie 903 leads a CN SD40-2 and a C40-8 north with an empty ore train. A loaded train can be seen on the adjacent track awaiting a crew to take it sou... (more)
With a pair of Bessemer tunnel motors bracketing an SD40-2W, Canadian National dock job R921 shoves out on to Dock 6 in Duluth, Minnesota with a train of loaded ore hoppers for unloading. Alongsid... (more)
BLE 906 prepares to depart the Thunderbird mine as another T-bird pulls up behind it
BLE 906 leads ore empties North past the Saginaw depot in the snow
BLE SD38AC 867 leads CN L512 East past the shuttered Majestic Star Casino in Gary.
BLE SD38AC 867 leads CN L512 East through East Chicago.
BLE SD38AC 867 departs South Chicago with Eastbound CN L512
BLE 906 leads a loaded ore train out of Fairlane down the Missabe Sub.
A trio of BLE tunnel motors lead stone loads north into the setting sun.
BLE 867 works a pulldown at Kirk Yard in Gary.
As the sun sets on the Missabe and paints the sky brilliant shades of pink and purple, Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motor 906 leads the U716 with ore empties as it takes the diverging route at Sout... (more)
A duo of BLE tunnel motors lead a T-Bird South through Eveleth.
A duo of BLE tunnel motors lead a T-Bird South through Iron Junction in a Spring snowstorm.
Built in May of 1973, The BLE 878 still performs service for CN Rail. In 2004 CN acquired the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad and now the 878 has found its way onto The "J". The face of... (more)
