B&LE 866 is seen working L512 on the Lakefront Branch along S Ave G in South Chicago.

B&LE 866 leads the Lakefront local East through East Chicago.

BLE 866 still sporting the original Bessemer orange leads a lengthy pulldown job out of Kirk Yard in perfect afternoon light. The Kirk Yard hump tower can be seen in the background.

BLE 866 spots a track in the West Yard as clouds gather over an otherwise beautiful evening in Battle Creek.

A quartet of black and orange EMD's have another load of ore headed for US Steel's Edgar Thomson Works in tow at Butler, PA. To the left is the former Pullman-Standard plant where many a covered h... (more)

A pair of orange SD38's, of BLE and EJE flavors, take a stroll through the city, about to pass under 18th Street in the Chinatown neighborhood of Chicago.

The BLE/EJE combo strolls south through Summit, about to pass under Route 171.

R924 departs Glenn Yard and heads south for the industries at Argo with a legendary B&LE and EJ&E SD38 combo.

During a wintry mix, L535 rolls under Route 171 with a Bessemer & Lake Erie SD38AC in charge. GTW 5936 follows in the trailing position.

B&LE SD38-2 866 brings some steel loads from USS into Pine Yard. Although the unit is far from its former Pennsylvania home, it looks right at home pulling steel products on the rails of its forme... (more)

A BLE GP38-2 and GTW GP9R lead CN L516 south on the former EJ&E in Gary Indiana

BLE 866 switches Joliet Yard on a nice afternoon.

B&LE 866 and EJ&E 670 pair up on the Markham Yard pulldown job.

Bessemer SD38-2 866 leads the Van Loon local west through Ivanhoe. I never get tired of seeing these Bessemer units hanging in the area!

Bessemer SD38-2 866 and EJ&E 670, a former Bessemer SD38-2 lock couplers once again as they switch the south end of Markham yard in Homewood. With IC SD70s going out to the Bessemer, several of th... (more)