Southbound ore behind the 910/867/905 roar under the signal bridge at Branchton on a perfect late October afternoon. Special thanks to the guys that made this day of shooting possible...you kno... (more)

The calendar says it's a little past fall peak in the valley, but the trees say otherwise. Here, southbound iron ore loads roar through Oneida with a Bessemer cantilever signal and ancient pole li... (more)

4 SD40T-3's and 2 SD38-2's lay over in Greenville on a wet September night.

Three classic EMD products are pulling for all their worth as they grind out of Conneaut with a heavy train of iron ore in tow.

910 and two sisters work up hill with a loaded train in tow as they pull down 3 west in North Bessemer Yard. Their return train of empties can be seen in the background on 35 and 36 East.

B&LE loaded ore train is minute compared to the overall picture!

A few miles north of the Allegheny river bridge BLE 910 south throttles up with a load of ore in tow for the Union Railroad.

Loaded Bessemer & Lake Erie ore train, now under CN ownership, departs Conneaught docks for Pittsburgh with NS former NKP trestle in the background.

Three orange tunnel motors lug a hefty loaded ore train out of the Conneaut Creek Valley. It wasn't until this experience that I learned the real meaning of "eight n' sand!"

After bringing empty hoppers northbound into Conneaut, the morning road crew gets their return trip to Greenville underway, rolling under the sizable NKP trestle over the Conneaut Creek.

Three tunnel motors rebuilt to conform with Tier III emission standards crawl south along Conneaut Creek at a snail's pace with a decent sized ore train in tow.

The Bessemer at its finest- three SD40T-3's are in command of a loaded ore train headed southbound on the Bessemer Subdivision in the small hillside settlement of Hartstown. Also of note, the fir... (more)

A loaded ore train headed by a trio of Bessemer's finest SD40T-3's rolls south at K O Junction, where one can find quite the aged signal bridge spanning the mainline and south end of the passing s... (more)

The CN may be in control, but the engines and the bridge still say B&LE. A Tunnelmotor and two SD38's lead a southbound ore train over the Allegheny River on a summer evening.

A southbound ore train with 57 loads for North Bessemer crosses the Allegheny River Bridge with a SD40T-3 leading a pair of SD38's. This scene will soon change forever.. The new Pennsylvania Tur... (more)