A pair of ex-BN U30C's run light power back to the Tilden Mine.

The 11pm Tilden Job heads back towards Eagle Mills with a pair of U30Cs.

11pm Tilden Job heads through Eagle Mills Jct on its way to Tilden Mine. Apparently, the LS&I has been using the U30C's on the Tilden Jobs rather often, so go get your shots now!

It often seemed if you took a girlfriend along with you on trips to the LS&I you could get some terrific smoke shows...maybe those guys had been riding around in the woods a little to long with no... (more)

With 60 loads the 3PM Tilden job is making its way back to the Eagle Mills yard on its first trip of the day. 2304, 1853, 2300 are barking right along as they pass Eagle Mills Junction on a cloudy... (more)

The bright red nose of Soo 4407 brings some color to a dreary spring day at Negaunee. This 15 car westbound had struggled up Marquette hill on the wet rail and then had been held at this signal fo... (more)

Can you believe it? This 144-year-old locomotive is on outdoor display at the Michigan Iron Industry Museum, located at the site of the Jackson Iron Company mine in Negaunee. The "Yankee" was bu... (more)

Dynamic brakes growl as CN 5726 north eases downgrade into Empire Jct. The front half of the train is loaded with limestone to be used in the making of iron ore pellets.

The LS&I 7-Tilden job has returned to Eagle Mills from the Tilden Mine with a loaded train of iron ore pellets. Later, the loaded cars will be brought down the hill for loading onto ore boats serv... (more)

For a brief few years ore trains to Escanaba were handsomely matched sets of maroon SD45s and maroon ore cars. But in a couple days the whole WC would become a CN property, in a few years the SD45... (more)

WC 7551 bore special lettering on its flank reading "Customer Minded Employees" as it pulled a cut of iron ore pellets out of the Empire Mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. WC took over the old C&... (more)

The LS&I "3:00 PM Eagle Mills Yard Job" is passing westbound through Eagle Mills Jct., near Negaunee, MI on June 6, 1983 enroute to Tilden Mine.

The LS&I "7:00 AM Eagle Mills Yard Job" was passing westbound at Eagle Mills Jct. near Negaunee MI on May 27, 1982 with three RSD12s and 120 empty gennies.

Two GM products meet at Palmer Line Jct. Our ride a GMC Duramax meets a EMD SD60 as the 3 yard heads for the mines with Bentonite Clay in tow. Bentonite clay is used in the process of turning Iron... (more)