Spring has sprung on the BLE and it offers a nice contrast to the Bessemer's bright orange SD38s.
A dream come true in Bessemer land. For the past week or so, most of the remaining BLE SD38 fleet has been combining forces to power mainline ore trains. Replaced as the road power of choice a dec... (more)
A BLE SD38-2 sits in the yard in Greenville with BLE 906, hopefully these wont start to disappear like the DM&IR's.
An SD38 family portrait - from front to back SD38AC #207, SD38 #223, and SD38-2 #210.
Missabe 202 certainly has a number of things to be thankful for today, mainly to still be in operation after having been "retired" in the CN computer on November 14.
Power heads to the barn for servicing.
DMIR 203+317 ; Manifest to Two Harbours; Minolta maxxum 7 + Fuji P100F
SD38AC 202 (blt. 6/71) and 'SD40-3' 405 (ex-SP SD45T-2 6767, 9500, nee-SSW 9163, blt. 7/72) pull the MRF north out of Proctor. The limestone loads visible in the background will be radio blocking... (more)
SD38AC 202 (built 6/71) and 'SD40-3' 405 (ex-SP SD45T-2 6767, 9500, nee-SSW 9163, built 7/72) lead the MRF through Grand Lakes along Saginaw Road, while limestone loads 'radio block' right on thei... (more)
a trio of Missabe units heads for Proctor with commercial traffic from the BNSF
Spotting cars for loading at the limestone piles
Two SD38s bring a T-Bird empty north through Iron Jct. for loading at the Thunderbird North Mine.
Empty Ore train headed back up Proctor Hill from Dock 6
DMIR 203 waits for its next assignment
867 chugs its way through the calvin yard pulling a scrap and coil car train.
