An afternoon extra ore run with a pair of BLE SD38s passes the searchlights at MD South on the Bessemer Subdivision.

Mismatched numberboards on odd power, as two GE locomotives lead an ore train past the original Bessemer & Lake Erie signals at MD South.

Locomotives:
CN 2506 C44-9WL
CN 2... (more)

Still in Bessemer paint, SD40T-3 #905 leads an ore train southbound past the searchlight signals at MD South on a beautiful October day.

Locomotives:
BLE 905 SD40T-3
CN 5422 SD60more)

An IC SD70 leads a southbound loaded ore train past the signals at MD South on the Bessemer.

Locomotives:
IC 1018 SD70
IC 1034 SD70
IC 1038 SD70

With a trio of Illinois Central SD70s, a southbound BLE ore train clears MD South.

Locomotives:
IC 1018 SD70
IC 1034 SD70
IC 1038 SD70

This was the first appearance of two SD38ACs together on the B&LE mainline in about 6 years and the first since the CN takeover in 2004. 866 and 867 get the job done as they move a long string of ... (more)