A pair of U-Boats pulls a cut of empties off the dock for the hill job to bring back to Eagle Mills.
A pair of Lake Superior & Ishpeming U30C locomotives shove ore jennies on the dock above the Lee A. Tregurtha - originally the USS Chiwawa (AO-68), launched in 1942 as a fleet tanker for World War... (more)
The 3 Hill is only half way down Pine Hill, but since the brakes were set before leaving the yard there is already a significant amount of brake shoe smoke. The Hill Job is definately my favorite ... (more)
Ore cars await the arrival of the next vessel as the dock job drills cars on the other side and the sun rises.
A U30C and a newer C30-7 roll off the dock after spotting ore cars for dumping as the last rays of winter light drop under heavy cloud cover rolling in off Lake Superior.
LS&I RS-3 1608 rests between two RSD-15s one still in ATSF colors while 2 more RSD-15s work the the ore dock. The LS&I kept the RS-3s around mostly to work the Munising branch.
The SDL39 was a branch line diesel built only for the Milwakee Road. To save weight the units used export C trucks and a Turbo-charged 12 cylinder engine.
Work continues to fill the Saginaw with pellets, and the LS&I's dock job heads off the dock to retrieve another cut of cars. The Soo Locks will close in several days, bringing the lake shipping se... (more)
A set of Lake Superior & Ishpeming U Boats shoves a cut of loaded ore cars up onto the Presque Isle Ore Dock. Lower Lakes Towing's Saginaw is taking on taconite for her last trip of the season.
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad train dispatchers train sheet in the operators office.
LS&I Ore Train smokes it up coming down the hill into the yard at Marquette
Lake Superior and Ishpeming RR loaded ore train passes a pair of color searchlight signals at Forrestville, just west of the massive ore docks at Marquette. Note the engines strobe light flashing.
A trio of Alco RSD-15 "alligators" are pushing hard to get a string of loaded taconite hoppers to the top of the Presque Isle ore dock.
Two U30C's bring taconite ore loads downgrade from Eagle Mills to the docks in Marquette.
