Crew is OD @ 11:00 to take the Orange Trio North to Conneaut and pick up 50 Load of iron ore. Second loaded Train of the day!
A meet of trains isn't very common on the north end of the Bessemer Sub these days, but with U702 returning light power out of the docks and U703 bringing a train of empties north, the two trains ... (more)
Bessemer & Lake Erie SD38-2 878 is on home rails as it crosses over PA Route 6N in West Springfield, Pennsylvania. After bringing empties up to Conneaut, BLE 878 & 905 are returning lite to Greenv... (more)
CN U702 heads south through Conneautville with Bessemer & Lake Erie SD38-2 878 in the lead, passing by the searchlight signals at 115.2.
The BLE duo heads south through Branchton under the BLE signal bridge. At this point I had been battling food poisoning all day long but got the specific shot I wanted on the trip!
It's 2020 and you wouldn't be able to tell that the CN bought the BLE years ago based off of this. Here we see BLE 878 and 867 pulling L518 south out of Greenville passing the old searchlights and... (more)
B&LE SD38-2 878 leads L516 west through Van Loon.
BLE 878 and CN 5336 thunder west through Ivanhoe on a sunny evening.
A Bessemer SD38-2 and a CN zebra striped SD40-2W are just out of Kirk Yard and about to pass under Route 12. They're in charge of train L516, bound for Griffith Yard. A good portion of the train w... (more)
The Oil Local switches Rowell Chemical with a Bessemer & Lake Erie SD38-2 in charge. Trailing is the EJ&E 666, which now wears CN paint.
A manifest freight gets head room in Canadian National's Homewood Yard, sporting former Bessemer & Lake Erie No. 878 on the head end.
The BLE 878 is passing over Southfield Road as they head towards Flat Rock on the Dearborn Subdivision.
BLE 878 hangs out at Glenn Yard on a nice morning.
A wide variety of motive power, including a Bessie SD38-2, sit in the south yard in Joliet.
BLE 878 and GTW 4911 make for a great lash-up as the 'heritage' units lead a cut of cars out of Glenn Yard for headroom. BLE 878 has been working around the Chicago area ever since being activated... (more)