With two SD70M-2's on each end and 104 ore hoppers to load, the head and rear end of Canadian National's U702 meet as the train slowly makes its way around the loading loop at the dock in Conneaut... (more)

Canadian National Train U703 crosses over the Allegheny River on the Bessemer and Lake Erie Bridge in Harmar, PA. These unit Taconite Ore trains run daily from Conneaut, OH to North Bessemer, PA i... (more)

The southbound Bessemer & Lake Erie ore train crosses over Norfolk Southern's Meadvilllle line on Osgood Trestle..

Just about one year ago, a major change took place on Canadian National's Bessemer Subdivision in the form of new power and new operations. EMD SD70M-2 locomotives were sent to the line to utilize... (more)

CN 8804 splits the signals at RX in Albion, Pennsylvania on the former Bessemer & Lake Erie as it leads loaded ore train U702 south.

The setting sun catches manifest slug A401 hitting the curves through the farmland and rolling hills west of Unity, SK.

Running with a 2X1 DPU, loaded ore train U702 rolls south on the Bessemer behind CN SD70M-2's, about to pass by the searchlight signals at the 115.2 intermediate in Conneautville, Pennsylvania.

The southbound Bessemer and Lake Erie ore train makes its way through Adamsville, PA with a pair of CN SD70M-2s leading the train and one on the rear in DP.

The southbound BLE loaded ore train passes the MP 119 intermediate signals in Springboro, PA with a pair of EMD SD70M-2s on the head end.

Canadian National EMD SD70M-2 number 8804 leads the southbound loaded ore train past the MP 115.2 searchlights in Conneautville, PA.

Canadian National EMD SD70M-2 number 8804 leads the SB BLE loaded ore train through the swamp at Hartstown, PA. This was the second run of the SD70M-2s that arrived on the property to test DPUs on... (more)

The southbound Bessemer & Lake Erie ore train has a pair of Canadian National EMD SD70M-2s on the head end as it makes its way past the MD South signals. This was one of the first runs of the newl... (more)

A trio of CN SD70M-2's are hard at work pulling a loaded ore train out of the harbor in Conneaut, Ohio on the CN Bessemer Sub. This was the first train to use 2x1 DPU locomotive placement on the l... (more)

The southbound Bessemer and Lake Erie iron ore train passes under the KO Junction signal bridge in Osgood, PA with a duo of CN SD70M-2s on the front and a single SD70M-2 on the rear.

Newly arrived CN SD70M-2s (2 x 1 DPU) cruise through the Hartstown Swamp in Hartstown, PA, on the CN Bessemer Sub. The big EMDs have 110 loads in tow on a sunny fall afternoon.