Three Bessemer motors accelerate on the point of an ore train departing the P&C Docks in Conneaut, as seen from atop Route 20.

Through snow and ice, three Bessemer SD's tug loaded ore hoppers towards Meadville Junction on the journey south to Penn Hills

BLE 905 and company charge southbound under the signal bridge north of Branchton in steady snowfall.

Southbound ore loads holding the main are illuminated by the BLE 902 North, which is the same set of power a few friends and I spent chasing south on this day. Instead of returning to Greenville ... (more)

The stiff climb to Saxonburg has brought Bessemer 905 and company to their knees with 70+ loaded ore cars in tow. While it's an impressive show to us, it's just another day at work for the crew.

A southbound loaded iron ore train rolls through Pennside, passing one of the many searchlight signals along the line.

905 leads a load of ore south through Saxonburg bound for the USSX ET works.

With a heavy ore train in tow, three Bessemer EMD's let out a little exhaust as they roar through Red Hot on a beautiful fall afternoon.

Fall color surrounds one of the Bessemer's finest as a trio of howling EMD's soar over a trestle near Osgood.

Ore loads gallop south on the Bessemer mainline under the power of two Tunnel Motors and an SD38AC. Besides the redistribution of power, much of the Bessemer has been untouched by CN, including c... (more)

It's a cold early morning made evident by the minus 10 degrees reading from the nearby detector and the taconite pellets are steaming an hour into the journey towards Two Harbors.

Pittsburgh bound ore loads approach the busy State Route 228 overpass near Saxonburg behind a trio of black and orange EMD's.

Notched out and sanders blasting away, a trio of Bessemer EMD's bring a loaded ore train through the S-curves near West Springfield.

Sticking out like a sore thumb, the B&LE 904 rolls along surrounded by the frosty white landscape of northern Minnesota while they continue on their journey towards Two Harbors with another instal... (more)