Coming down the hill north of Butler, three Bessemer workhorses have 70+ loads of iron ore at the drawbar as they come under an ancient searchlight cantilever.
With their work complete at the sprawling Protec steel plant, L7M passes by the newer mill and it's older brother in West Leipsic on a gorgeous fall afternoon.
With 52 loads and 10 empties at the drawbar, L7M rolls alongside Railroad Street in the village of Edgerton, Indiana. The easternmost edge of town is also the state line with Ohio.
In the golden light of a late summer evening, westbound 307 rolls through the truss bridges spanning the Auglaize River in the small town of Oakwood. Inside the cab of the freshly repainted C40-9,... (more)