A road set on an empty ore train is fueled at CN's Proctor yard prior to departing for United Taconite's Fairlane iron ore plant on a crisp -9F morning.

A rare sight has maroon and orange lashed together in the form of B&LE 906 and DM&IR 215 handling switching duties on CN's Proctor Yard E-Lead. Occasionally a tunnel motor will stand in for the us... (more)

Two tunnel motor, still in their B&LE paint, lead a pair of CN painted SD40 types and limestone loads up Proctor Hill in low late winter afternoon light, bound for Minnesota's Iron Range.

B&LE 906, 905 and 900 are pulling northbound coal passing a cemetery at Hartstown, PA.

B&LE 906, 905 and 900 pull northbound coal at KO Junction. The train is coming off the old line through Greenville and Shenago, PA. The lead unit is a former Southern Pacific tunnel motor.

BLE 906 working in Mt. Pulaski before continuing their journey to Peoria, IL from Decatur.

A rare sight has maroon and orange lashed together in the form of B&LE 906 and DM&IR 215 handling switching duties on CN's Proctor Yard E-Lead. Occasionally a tunnel motor will stand in for the us... (more)

The orange nose of the BLE really stands out in the white landscape.

The orange of the BLE 906 stands out in the now white landscape of northern Minnesota as the first snowfall of the season has hit.

The first snowfall of the season has hit northern Minnesota while BLE 906 leads the charge through the snow with Minntac pellets in tow bound for Two Harbors.

Very strong winds with gusts well over 50 mph churn up waves on Lake Superior, with some reaching a height of 20 feet. The white caps are clearly visible in this image at Two Harbors as B&LE 906 r... (more)

BLE 906 heads to Two Harbors, MN with 142 cars of taconite pellets behind them as they cross the former Duluth Missabe and Northern Railroad (DM&N) then the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railroad ... (more)

What a chase...with a third orange motor hidden, taconite loads for Proctor hammer through Saginaw on a gorgeous winter day. Should be maroon, but a trio of former sister road B&LE motors is hard ... (more)

The Two Harbors switch job with fairly clean Bessemer 906 shoves empty cars past the large ore stockpile.

BLE sisters #906 and #892 team up to switch out the E-Yard. Note the CN track machine on the flatcar behind the engines and the pair of SD60F's waiting to move a limestone train north.