A southbound loaded iron ore train rolls through Pennside, passing one of the many searchlight signals along the line.

905 leads a load of ore south through Saxonburg bound for the USSX ET works.

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)

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.

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)

A trio of Bessemer Tunnel Motors haul an empty string of hoppers north alongside Conneaut Creek after waiting at Old Main Street for BLE 868 to finish up some switching moves in the yard.

A loaded ore train headed south out from the docks of Lake Erie.

With it's long string of hoppers loaded with Taconite Ore, B&LE 905 is working hard as it heads into the morning light.

BLE 905 "sucks it in" as she squeezes through the tight confines of the "Low Line" across Main St. Greenville. 905 making a light move north to KO to pick up about 120 hoppers to go north to P&C ... (more)

905, 906, and 908 head back north as they pull through East Oakmont with empty hoppers.

A set of B&LE power awaits its crew, as one lonely covered hopper sits nearby.

Bessemer seen crossing the trestle in North Bessemer under a nice arrangment of clouds.

More entertaining than the superbowl, B&LE and URR meeting in North Bessemer. Rumor has it these are next to go to into CN land, but I'm startin to doubt it...