A trio of Bessemer Tunnel Motors haul an empty string of hoppers north alongside Conneaut Creek after waiting at Old Main Street for BLE 868 to finish up some switching moves in the yard.
BLE 902, 901 and 866 pull 48 loads of Minnesota ore into North Bessemer yard where it will be interchanged with the Union railroad, it will then be taken down to the furnace's at the USS Edgar Tho... (more)
The conductor ties down the 48 loads that they just pulled into North Bessemer.
After crossing the massive bridge over the Allegheny river the engineer on 902 drops sand and notches up as the train continues south to North Bessemer where they will interchange with the Union R... (more)
Quite an interesting find off of a random side street in McKees Rocks, less then ten minutes from downtown Pittsburgh. Nearly as interesting, but not really, is the random blue switcher.
The sun burns through a snow shower as power for the MRF drifts back to the mainline at Wales after having delivered three covered hoppers of bentonite to Northshore Mining.
The sun burns through a snow shower as power for the MRF drifts back to the Wales Branch after having delivered three covered hoppers of bentonite to Northshore Mining.
Son of WC engineer Dave Schultz, James carries on the tradition, and will soon be an engineer on the Missabe (CN)
Guess the photogs in the scene below! If this spot catches on, I will be able to say that I was the first person to get a shot from this location. Medlin's Hill has a nice ring to it! Ha ha
There is still a little life in this view of a once-busy location in Duluth. This view is looking east along what was at one time NP's busy double-track "Shortline" through West Duluth where it cr... (more)
A matched trio of B&LE units eases a loaded ore train into Proctor for movement down the hill to Dock 6 in Duluth.
The CN logo and B&LE units look out of place at this former DM&IR ore dock in Duluth.
A matched set of clean B&LE 900s move 157 empty ore cars into Proctor yard. These cars had been in all-rail service this past winter.
A matched set of clean B&LE 900s work 157 empty ore cars towards Proctor. The new cars had been in all-rail ore service this past winter to Escanaba.
A matched set of clean B&LE 900s move 28 loaded limestone side-dump cars up the 2.2% of Proctor Hill.
