In one of the rarest moves I have ever seen on this railroad, a stray SD38AC bask in the sun while waiting for a crew to take it south.

After a confusing day thanks to a grinder, this southbound and with it five cars full of railfans came out of the wood work. Big thanks to Terry and John for showing me around and helping me out o... (more)

The chase is on as no less than 10 railfans lens 901 South, seen here passing a LORAM grinder in the hole.

BLE 901 pulls south after dragging its train of limestone through the weigh-in-motion scale at Albion.

BLE 878 heads north out of Sandy with a fresh crew and empty hoppers bound for Conneaut.

BLE 878 pulls out of the controlled siding at MD after waiting several hours for the rail grinder to come south from Albion. The Rail grinder came in off the NS at Wallace Jct and has been working... (more)

A fairly rare move featuring BLE 878 leading northbound to Conneaut.

We ran into a bunch of other fans here and enjoyed the sweet-light chase of this Bessemer southbound.

Many railfans braved the cold to watch this train. With one B&LE tunnelmotor sitting at the shops retired who knows how much longer these ones will last.

Never mind the drizzle, the overcast, the chill autumn air. There's an ore train on the move, and if I can't have Milwaukee's orange and black, I'll take those colors on the Bessemer!