Loaded with iron ore, a mine job puts a cut of cars in the yard.
The 3 yard heads for the mines.
The 3 weigher heads back to the mines.
3-yard rolls through the rock cut at Eagle Mills Jct with clay cars for the Tilden Mine.
Power heads south to the mines.
A 7 Weigher pierces the morning fog off of Lake Superior on it's first run of the day to Empire Mine.
A 7 Scale Test claws it's way up Pine Hill past the scale.
The 7 Tilden gets ready for another day of shuttling between the yard and the mine in God's Country.
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)
The 3 Tilden leaves the yard at Eagle Mills on it's second mine run of the shift.
Ore cars await the arrival of the next vessel as the dock job drills cars on the other side and the sun rises.
After two runbys that the chasers were not privileged to, LSI 33 puts on a great show past the other culvert dirt road crossing south of Pearl.
Oil and grease cover 33's lead driver as she sits in Sugarcreek before departing with the ORTA special.
Stay away from my eggs! A killdeer protects her eggs as LS&I 2-8-0 33 simmers in the background.
