After delivering a short train to the harbor, four units head back lite.
A heads up from a friend led us to North Bessemer to watch a southbound ore train arrive to interchange with the Union Railroad - an unexpected surprise was the northbound Union crew arriving with... (more)
Loads from Minntac pass the Keenan switch and get a good roll-by from the crew at Gilbert as they continue to head south back to Two Harbors.
Empties from Two Harbors at Jones on the CN Iron Range Sub. heading for U.S. Steel Minntac to load pellets.
In a fairly unusual move the Proctor Road Switch is crossing over with empties when they normally would be pulling off of the track they are entering. CN is keeping a switch engine around the dock... (more)
Trio of interesting cousins roar up the 2%+ grade with 120 ore jennies in tow.
Southbound ore loads roll through the sweeping curve at Lyndora on the southwest side of Butler. This was once a much busier place on the Bessemer, but times have changed and the yard here is now ... (more)
Shooting the Western Allegheny RR had to be done in the longer days of the year. The day would begin between between 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM at the engine house in Kaylor. With a set of power on eac... (more)
A westbound Western Allegheny RR freight drops downgrade near Hooker, PA on August 24, 1979 with F7A No. 728 and a F7B.
A westbound Western Allegheny RR freight slows to make a pick up of empty ballast hoppers near Buena Vista, PA on August 24, 1979. Back in 1979, real money was being sunk into the Western Alleghe... (more)
Two tunnel motors bookend a SD40 on Minntac empties on a fine Winter afternoon on the ole DMIR.
U717 Utac Ore loads heads under the DWP at Munger.
BLE 904 hits the switch at South Alborn with ore loads for Proctor.
U717 is just out of Utac as it steams along Highway 7. Power is BLE 904, DM&IR 403, and CN 6017.
U717 is just out of Utac as it steams along Highway 7 at the slight bend in the Missabe Subdivision at Sax, MN. Power is BLE 904, DM&IR 403, and CN 6017.
