A dinosaur GE U-boat leads the way on the afternoon 3 Tilden job at Eagle Mills Junction through the rock cut bound for Tilden Mine and a pickup of 60 ore hoppers.

A pair of GE relics lead 60 loads of iron ore pellets east from Tilden Mine for a set out in LS&I's yard before they ride into Marquette behind a pair of leased CEFX AC4400s.

Looking more like Alliance, Nebraska in the late 1970s versus Upper Michigan in 2016, BN green dominates this view of LS&I's engine and car shop. From left to right are leased CEFX 1001/1012 (acti... (more)

CN's U741 ore train has stopped clear of Partridge while freight L-549 puts its train together. This short delay allowed LS&I's 7-Tilden to sneak past at Empire Junction with C30-7 3073 and U30C 3... (more)

An eastbound train approaching the Eagle Mills yard.

As surprising as it seems, former BN GEs continue in service on venerable iron ore hauler LS&I in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Here 3073 (C30-7) and 3009 (U30C) ease 60 iron ore loads out of the Ti... (more)

LSI U30C's 3009 & 3000 smoke it up through Empire Junction hauling ancient ore cars that were loaded at the Tilden Mine.

After a failed attempt to climb this hill a short time earlier in a heavy rainstorm, two C30-7s dig in to start climbing with 60 loads of ore pellets. The cascade green paint alludes to their prev... (more)

Spring storms have paused long enough for the sun to break through as the 3-Tilden backs up to make another attempt to draw 60 loaded ore cars up the grade they previously stalled on during a heav... (more)

With storms surrounding the Eagle Mills, Michigan area, a small hole of full sun opened up for just a moment on a set of Lake Superior & Ishpeming U-boats working some non-ore traffic in the yard.... (more)

A trio of Lake Superior and Ishpeming RSD12’s works the yard at Eagle Mills, Michigan. The green paint scheme that succeeded the original solid maroon scheme was already obsolete by this time.

A Lake Superior and Ishpeming crew puts together their train at Eagle Mills Michigan. Although the prime objective of the visit was to capture six-axle Alco road switchers, this U23C in relatively... (more)

Two RSD12’s in the original paint and a U23B in the most recent scheme move out to the yard from the Lake Superior & Ishpeming yard in Eagle Mills, Michigan.

One of the two pairs of operating LS&I cascade green GE's start a load out of the Eagle Mills yard destined for the dock in Marquette.

LS&I 2401 rests in the Eagle Mills shop in August of 1984.