Western Pennsylvania holds the gem that is the former Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad. These two BLE EMDs are the last two orange motors running on their former home rails. On this day they are ha... (more)
BLE 909 leads a quartet of SD40s with Minntac loads into Biwabik where they will hold the main line while awaiting the arrival of the empties headed west from Two Harbors.
Excitement turned to disappointment when Engineer Schultz and crew, instead of heading down Proctor Hill in great light with taconite loads, instead cut the power off and went to grab empties for ... (more)