Two GM products meet at Palmer Line Jct. Our ride a GMC Duramax meets a EMD SD60 as the 3 yard heads for the mines with Bentonite Clay in tow. Bentonite clay is used in the process of turning Iron... (more)

The LS&I 7 Tilden Job is approaching Empire Junction and heading to the Tilden Mine.

LS&I U-boats 3052,3053 lead WC train ACLD eastbound with 37 cars of Tilden Mine pellets for the blast furnace at Algoma Steel in Sault Ste. Marie, ONT. The WC was very power short during the winte... (more)

The LS&I was a great place to spend some time back in the 80's. Once you checked in for a pass it was normally ok to wander about taking pictures anywhere that seemed reasonably safe. It wasn't un... (more)

The spring of 1989 was a time of change on the LS&I as ex BN U-boats replaced the Alco's and LS&I's original U23/25C fleet. Here at Eagle Mills a couple ex BN's wait for shop time while already re... (more)

Plagued by seasonal power shortages the Soo normally had leased power roaming the system in the dead of winter. Regrettably that meant dealing dealing with clouds and low light most of the time ph... (more)

Storm clouds roll in off Lake Superior as LS&I RSD-15s No's. 2401, 2400, and 2402 undergo servicing under the sand tower at Eagle Mills, MI on Sept. 8, 1986.

LS&I U23C No. 2301 gets a good nights rest inside of the shops at Eagle Mills, MI on Sept. 9, 1986.

The summer of 2008 was beginning to be a time of change on the LS&I as different units were being tested to replace the U30/C30's that had wiped out the Alco's and the U23/25C's in 1988. A number ... (more)

A LS&I Yard Job slowly grinds eastward at Eagle Mills Junction, MI with a loaded train of gennies on June 6, 1983. Three RSD-12s, in this case all Ex-C&O, provide the power.

LS&I gators 2400,2405,2401 are heading west to Ishpeming after departing the yard at Eagle Mills. The area including the cars and locomotives is all covered in ore dust. At this point in time the ... (more)

LS&I 2400 sits in front of the Eagle Mills yard office. Soon 2400 and two sisters will depart with a train of empties headed for the loadout on this bitterly cold day. In fact as a Californian th... (more)

My brain is a bit fuzzy on the exact location here but I will never forget the sounds this train made as these three RSD-12s pulled a heavy ore train towards Eagle Mills, MI. Hopefully someone mor... (more)

LS&I's 3-Hill job heads down the hill to the ore dock at Presque Isle on Lake Superior. This bridge across US41 has extra screening along the sides to keep stray iron ore pellets off the windshiel... (more)

A small patch of sun briefly illuminates the LS&I 3-Yard job passing through the fall color at Eagle Mills Junction on its way to the mines with clay cars.