Bessemer 910 and company lead a 73 car loaded ore train southbound past the aged cantilever at Oneida, just north of the city of Butler.

The calendar says it's a little past fall peak in the valley, but the trees say otherwise. Here, southbound iron ore loads roar through Oneida with a Bessemer cantilever signal and ancient pole li... (more)

4 SD40T-3's and 2 SD38-2's lay over in Greenville on a wet September night.

Three classic EMD products are pulling for all their worth as they grind out of Conneaut with a heavy train of iron ore in tow.

With my birthday being on the 11th, good friend Richard Thompson and I decided to celebrate by chasing the Bessemer's loaded ore train, starting in Conneaut. About 100 miles later, the chase came ... (more)

910 and two sisters work up hill with a loaded train in tow as they pull down 3 west in North Bessemer Yard. Their return train of empties can be seen in the background on 35 and 36 East.

A loaded Bessemer iron ore train prepares to duck beneath Hansen Avenue in the industrial city of Butler, Pennsylvania.

A loaded Bessemer iron ore train heads south past some yellow shrubbery in the small establishment of Branchton, Pennsylvania.

B&LE loaded ore train is minute compared to the overall picture!

Plenty of boaters out on the Allegheny enjoying this beautiful day as I enjoy the Bessemer.

A few miles north of the Allegheny river bridge BLE 910 south throttles up with a load of ore in tow for the Union Railroad.

BLE 902, 867 and 910 sits tacked onto a empty train ready to depart XB for Conneaut Oh. for another load of ore.

A (just recently) empty crude ore train prepares to set off a b/o car at Fairlane before proceeding over to Largo for another load.

With 74 loads of ore in tow the engineer of the three tunnel motors cuts the power back and will start to apply the dynamic brakes in just a few minutes for the down hill run to the Allegheny rive... (more)

The power for an afternoon T-Bird has just ran around it's empties after arriving from Fairlane. They'll now pull them down to Largo before shoving into the Thunderbird Mine for loading.