BLE 839, 830 and SD7 803 pose for a portrait at their Albion, Pa. engine facility in May 1981. Their simplified scheme is virtually identical to Milwaukee Roads SD7 scheme dating back to 1952 or s... (more)
A pair of SD18s along with some SD9s are at Albion, PA for servicing on the Bessemer & Lake Erie RR. BLE was still affiliated with U.S. Steel at this time along with the Union RR. and the Duluth M... (more)
On this day six years ago, it was a beautiful day to be in PA. CN U702 is passing through the yard limits with a quartet of Bessemer & Lake Erie units. For a few years in a row I made the trek t... (more)
A demoted CN SD40-2W leads two IC SD70s and a CN SD60 on the point of a southbound mixed ore/coal train on the Bessemer and Lake Erie at CP RX in Albion, PA.
A BLE SD9 was waiting assignment at Albion
The new look of the Bessemer. CN has shipped off most of the former BLE tunnel motors for rebuild, and has replaced them with six Illinois Central SD70s. Three are shown leading a southbound empty... (more)
The end is here for the BLE SD40T-3's. Now IC SD70's roam the rails. A 3 pack leads an empty ore train to go to Conneaut, OH.
With one hundred and twenty loaded hoppers, BLE 901 leads three other units south as they pass the approach signal just south of Albion on a picture perfect afternoon.
Bessemer & Lake Erie SD18s and an SD38 await servicing at their Albion, Pa. engine facility between runs. BLE owned six SD18s, 851-856 built in September 1962.
Southbound B&LE ore train at Keepville, PA, just south of Albion.
After checking the signal at Albion and right after hearing the dector go off, a CN (BLE) northbound heads through Albion up to Conneaut.
