R924 departs Glenn Yard and heads south for the industries at Argo with a legendary B&LE and EJ&E SD38 combo.

Bessemer tunnel motor 910 sits in Joliet Yard.

During a wintry mix, L535 rolls under Route 171 with a Bessemer & Lake Erie SD38AC in charge. GTW 5936 follows in the trailing position.

This was a rare find as there are not too many tunnel motors left. BLE 910 takes a break at Joliet Yard on a freezing February day.

BLE 867S pauses as the crew prepares for their final moves at the Ore Dock before heading South towards North Bessemer.

A pair of Tunnel Motors and an SD40-3 enter Proctor Yard with a train of loads from the Fairlane plant. The three classic EMD's are seen making their way down the scale track as the sun heads for ... (more)

A leased B&LE F7A leads a long line of power at fuel facilities in St. Luc Yard. Once fueled and sanded the hostlers will move the units to the diesel shop, roundhouse or ready tracks. B&LE unit... (more)

BLE 910 cuts through the fog as it muscles a pulldown out of Kirk Yard in Gary, Indiana.

A clean B&LE tunnel motor shoves Limestone loads back from Hallett under CN's dormant Dock 5 in Duluth, MN to then head up Proctor Hill

First- and second-generation EMD power on the Bessemer & Lake Erie roster congregate in front of the North Bessemer engine house.

BLE 867 takes the ore south past the 20.7 signal, the approach signal to SX north.

BLE 909 adds to the spectacular fall colors as this empty taconite train makes its way north for another load of pellets at United Taconite.

B&LE SD38-2 878 leads L516 west through Van Loon.

I had a hunch that today's ore train would be led by a Bessemer locomotive, so I braved the ice storm and drove to the outskirts of Grove City to wait for the train. Certainly the train had an ea... (more)

BLE 878 and CN 5336 thunder west through Ivanhoe on a sunny evening.