Operating in the vicinity of Lake Superior as opposed to Lake Erie, these three B&LE units spent the weekend running ore trains on the DM&IR.

Byron Helpers return north to Fond Du Lac after shoving a train up the hill.

Two Bessemer tunnel motors bring a loaded T-bird through Iron Junction in the snow.

Management said they want to send the EMD's on the Iron Range out with a bang and I'd say they're doing a great job. It had been over five years since the last time a trio of orange T's were toget... (more)

An empty T-Bird shuttle train waits outside the Fairlane Taconite Plant in Forbes, Minnesota with a Bessemer tunnel motor on the point. Once the recrew arrives, the train will depart for the T-Bir... (more)

There was no shortage of photos as the BLE trio shoved limestone loads under the Duluth docks.

BLE 906, 904 and 909 make for a very nice tunnel motor trio as they take headroom under CN Dock 6 in Duluth, MN. The loaded Minorca bound limestone train would soon make way up Proctor Hill and in... (more)

In sweet light, a trio of Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motors make their assault on Proctor Hill as they lead a train of loaded limestone to the yard. The clouds were playing games all evening, but... (more)

2 B&LE tunnel motors and a CN widecab deuce lead some steaming taconite fresh from the mine into Proctor yard.

The BLE pair heads north out of Alborn at a rural crossing with empties bound for Fairlane.

A pair of BLEs and a CN motor bring this northbound empty through Bear Trap Curve in a light drizzle.

A pair of BLEs and a CN motor begin their descent down Proctor Hill on a soggy morning, with steaming pellets to be unloaded at the dock.

With a Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motor and a CN Anniversary Dash 8 on the point, CN U731 rounds the bend as it comes off the main on the Missabe Sub and on to the lead into the Fairlane Taconite... (more)

A duo of Bessemer tunnel motors depart Fairlane with a T-bird.

Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motor BLE 905 leads ex. DMIR SD38 BLE 862 as they depart from Conneaut, Ohio and cross over Conneaut Creek with a few bad order ore cars in tow. The crew came north and... (more)