Lake Superior & Ishpeming’s Hill Job works upgrade toward Marquette.

Lake Superior & Ishpeming’s Hill job crosses the Morgan Creek trestle just east of the Eagle Mills yard.

Three Lake Superior & Ishpeming RDS15’s provide evidence of the exertion required to get a string of loaded ore jennies out of the Eagle Mills yard.

The Lake Superior & Ishpeming Hill Job switches some covered hoppers at Eagle Mills, Michigan. Soon the crew will tie onto a solid train of ore jennies for the trip to Marquette.

On August 2, a morning LS&I mine run using a pari of U30Cs diverges from joint LS&I/CN trackage to the branch down to Tilden Mine with empty ore jennies for loading. CN trackage goes to the right,... (more)

By the time the mine run crew returned from Tilden Mine with loaded ore jennies for the LS&I ore dock, sun had turned to rain at Palmer Junction where CN joins LS&I with trackage rights to Ishpemi... (more)

An LS&I mine run from Eagle Mills, MI to Tilden Mine rolls through Palmer Junction with a trainload of empty ore jennies powered by a pair of U30Cs. This junction is where the Canadian National co... (more)

Three Lake Superior & Ishpeming RSD15’s bring a cut of empties from the Marquette ore dock into the yard at Marquette, Michigan.

Lake Superior & Ishpeming’s “Hill Job” approaches Marquette, Michigan with another train of ore. Three ex-Santa Fe RSD15’s have matters well in hand.

Rare LS&I C307s pair up on a mine run job out of Eagle Mills, MI. Here they are bringing several cars back to a siding west of Eagle Mills and will set them out for the CN to pick up.

In a scene that reminds me of Montana, LSI 3005 leads an empty ore train over Morgan Trestle near Marquette, MI in May of 1997. It's hard to believe these U-boats have spent far more time on the L... (more)

Lake Superior and Ishpeming's two remaining U30Cs lead a train of taconite pellets through Eagle Mills Junction in a pouring rain. The fall colors more than made up for the gloomy weather on this ... (more)

LS&I 1853 brings a loaded ore train thru Palmer Line Jct. in June of 1987.

A Lake Superior & Ishpeming ore run rolls a string of loads through Palmer Jct. as it heads from Tilden Mine back to Eagle Mills Yard. Later the cars will be handled down the grade to the ore dock... (more)

Brake shoes smoking in the late evening light, LS&I 2300 leads a colorful consist into the ore yard at the dock in Marquette in June of 1988. U23C's were fairly rare here, with only 53 being produ... (more)