I spent many years helping out with the restoration of this locomotive, only to see it rotting away now in Pittsburgh. B&LE #643, Hazzelwood, PA. 4/05/1992

With a cold, heavy train of Braddock-bound taconite, Bessemer & Lake Erie #910 and a fellow tunnel motor brace a SD38 variant, digging into the steep grade of the Hogback. These three will have a... (more)

This former set of F7 A and B units sits with other first generation power, awaiting and uncertain future.

Rusting away!

BLE Tunnel Motors #910, 901, 907, and 905 bring 110 loads of coal through Renfrew, PA. enroute to Conneaut, OH.

Heavy Metal- The life blood of this railroads business, Iron Ore pellets litter the Bessemer mainline after years of conveyoring. Quite extraordinary all the things made from these. It all starts ... (more)

A fitting black and orange color for Halloween as B&LE 906 leads a sister and a CN SD40-2W upgrade with ore empties from the dock in Duluth.

On a crisp fall morning two appropriately colored engines take this load of pellets down to the dock. I have seen a few people on here asking why the trains run around this track here. The track t... (more)

A pair of BLE Tunnel units and a CN SD40-2W lead this loaded taconite train into the north end of Proctor Yard past the scale

Bessemer 878 switches out the south yard in Joliet.

A & Dub's drive-in wasn't open yet so I couldn't order my favorite Hunter Burger, but their orange seating fit right in with the trio of Bessemer 900s working on the approach to CN's Duluth ore do... (more)

Bessemer 878 and EJ&E 703 are among the variety of units sitting at the south yard in Joliet.

Another shade of orange that CN owns