We decided to give chase to the southbound that we'd anticipated - but missed - at Osgood. We caught up to it south of KY, where it slowed for a crew change at Kremis.

The southbound B&LE "Steel Train" passing through Butler, PA

A southbound B&LE combination limestone and ore train passing through KO Junction, PA at track speed.

CN train carrying limestone, sand or other minerals in short ore cars skirts the banks of the Duluth Harbor. Ramp in the immediate background is inactive and carried tracks up to one of the two sh... (more)

A pair of Tunnel Motors and an SD38AC haul a load of taconite through the Hartstown Swamp on the way to the mills in Pittsburgh, PA.

Homewood bound. Built in Feb 1973 as an SD45T-2 for the Cotton Belt the class unit of the BLE tunnel motors sits idle waiting for its journey to Illinois. Nee SSW 9289, Builder number 72625-29, re... (more)

B&LE Tunnelmotors are serviced in Greenville, on Y2K+5.

A southbound ore train with 57 loads for North Bessemer crosses the Allegheny River Bridge with a SD40T-3 leading a pair of SD38's. This scene will soon change forever.. The new Pennsylvania Tur... (more)

902 South runs past the wye to the former Hilliards Branch. The wye still remains, but the branch was removed a few years ago, and the branch's only customer, J.S. McCormick Co., transloads I be... (more)

If I could go back in time, standing in this same spot would yield many photo opportunities as the Bessemer still uses their High Line (featured) to by-pass Greenville, and their Low Line, which i... (more)

Knee high by the 4th of July? Yep, I'd say so. 902 heads south on the High Line for Kremis for a NASCAR speedy crew change before continuing on to North Bessemer.

Ore loads creep though the old B&LE yard at Albion as a fellow railfan checks his shot.

Southbound ore train at Hammonsburg.

A pair of Tunnelmotors zip downgrade with a loaded ore train for North Bessemer.