The Bessemer & Lake Erie Western Allegheny local passes through the area known as Troutman, Pennsylvania.

The Western Allegheny branch of the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad operated with F7’s from dieselization until the day that it was abandoned. Here the train from Kaylor works toward Queen Junctio... (more)

BLE 905, CN 5422, and IC 1018 haul a heavy ore train south through the farm fields of Pennsylvania.

Locomotives:
BLE 905 SD40T-3
CN 5422 SD60
IC 1018 SD70

BLE 905 is in notch 8 and sanding to haul a heavy train of iron ore as they head past searchlight signals in Conneautville, PA.

Locomotives:
BLE 905 SD40T-3
CN 5422 SD60
IC 1018... (more)

Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motor #905 leads a southbound ore train past the searchlight signals in Albion.

Locomotives:
BLE 905 SD40T-3
CN 5422 SD60
IC 1018 SD70

BLE 905 leads CN and IC power on a southbound iron ore train as they pass by the Hartstown swamps.

Locomotives:
BLE 905 SD40T-3
CN 5422 SD60
IC 1018 SD70

Bessemer & Lake Erie #905 leads a southbound ore train as it departs the harbor in Conneaut, Ohio.

Locomotives:
BLE 905 SD40T-3
CN 5422 SD60
IC 1018 SD70

One of the few locomotives on the Bessemer still in BLE paint leads a southbound ore train under the signal bridge at Sandy.

Locomotives:
BLE 905 SD40T-3
CN 5422 SD60
IC 1018 S... (more)

After chasing the southbound loaded ore train and waiting in Albion we later realized the train had parked. Later to find out the conductor had broken his ankle while out of the train. He was tran... (more)

BLE 905 splits the classic searchlights at MD North near Harmonsburg, Pennsylvania as it makes its way toward Greenville with a lengthy train of taconite loads. The concrete block next to the 905 ... (more)

B&LE 905 South rests at Conneaut waiting for the conductor, while NS 206 passes overhead

After running light to North Bessemer, BLE 867 and 905 take a train of empty hoppers back north.

A quartet of rebuilt EMD SD45T-2's haul a loaded Canadian National taconite train across the Partridge River near the small town of Allen,MN on its way to Two Harbors. Bessemer & Lake Erie #909 le... (more)

With 15 empties for the NS at Shenango, BLE 867 and 905 head north into the siding at Kremis to meet the southbound ore train.