With DMIR tunnel motor 406 leading the way, CN U717 nears the end of its journey to Proctor Yard as it rounds the bend in Adolf, Minnesota at the junction with the Superior Subdivision. Steam waft... (more)

With a pair of Bessemer SD40T-3's bracketing a CN SD40-2W, empty ore train U716 catches the last moments of sun as it heads north through the Sax-Zim bog on Canadian National's Missabe Subdivision... (more)

Lacaster and Chester Train 12 passes parked power in East Chester, South Carolina in 2016 with SD40-T3 leading. Originally SP 8257 (built 5/1980) she then became Union Pacific 8802 before being bo... (more)

BLE 906 brings up the rear of CN train M336 as it and sister BLE 901 have nearly finished pushing the train over Byron Hill in Byron, WI. The two locomotives will cut off the train up ahead and re... (more)

BLE 901 and 906, two Bessemer and Lake Erie SD40-3T tunnel motors still wearing their original colors under CN ownership, meet another fallen flag locomotive in the form of GTW 4911, a GP9R holdin... (more)

Bessemer & Lake Erie SD40T-3s 901 and 906 are two of the assigned helper units in Canadian National's Fond du Lac, WI yard. Here, the duo crosses Kohlman Road south of town, preparing to shove on ... (more)

BLE 906 and BLE 901, both SD40T-3 "Tunnel Motors" of the fallen Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad (acquired by Canadian National), are assigned as two of the helper units in CN's Fond du Lac... (more)

One of those bone-chilling, fingers numb early mornings in NE Minnesota when the train's exhaust and steaming taconite pellets can show off in the low light.

Iron ore loads head down to Proctor on a late winter afternoon behind some EMD products still pulling their weight in CN's ore pool.

Just after sunset, BLE 909, IC 6256 and IC 6260 pull A439 through the small town of Cook, MN as they travel to Symington Yard-Winnipeg, MB with freight from Proctor Yard in Proctor, MN.

BLE 909, IC 6256 and IC 6260 rock, sway and bounce along the CN Rainy sub at Virginia, MN while in route to Winnepeg with a lengthy A439 that was made up in Proctor, MN. Weird to see these units... (more)

Having just been set out in CN's Jackson Yard after a trip north from Mobile, former Bessemer and Lake Erie #907 rests as a GP38-2W switches some cars on the far side.

Leaving Proctor, MN with freight for Winnipeg, BLE 909, IC 6256 and IC 6260 coming roaring through N. Kelsey at track speed with that unmistakable sound of older EMDs. These three are former ore ... (more)

A cold early morning trip back to Proctor yard with United Taconite made iron ore pellets.

Lancaster and Chester extra Train 10 nears the Circle S Feed Mill as they return from working the Gallo Winery Facility at Fort Lawn, SC. Due to switching directions, former Southern Pacific tunne... (more)