Its a beautiful day for railfanning in North Bessemer! The Bessemer has just pulled in with a heavy train of iron ore pellets as the Union railroad awaits departure.
The BLE northbound train slowly pulls along the river and into the ore dock at Conneaut. Before we know it, IC black power will be pulling these trains and the BLE tunnel motors will be gone.
BLE 902 is about a half mile away from the end of its journey at the P&C Dock.
A different vantage point of a common scene. Two ex-B&LE tunnelmotors and a DM&IR unit shove a taconite train onto Dock 6 as cars continue to whiz past below on I-35.
BLE 909 followed by IC 6257 crosses the St. Louis River with ore empties.
After delivering loads to the Union an hour early, BLE 906 and two other tunnel motors take a train of empties back north to the docks in Conneaut. Get these shots while you can, rumor has it IC p... (more)
The Bessemer hauls a load of empty hoppers north across the Allegheny River.
BLE 909/903 and DMIR 215 are about to latch up and shove loads of Taconite onto Dock 6.
Bessemer stone train passing Hartstown on its way toward Greenville.
The 907 pulls the curve at RX signal.
Unfortunately, it may not be long before this matching combination is gone forever, as rumors abound that CN will be relocating the fleet of B&LE Tunnel Motors.
It's tough to chase northbounds on the Bessemer, but since this train was over 100 cars long I was able to get here with about one minute to spare.
In a few more weeks, the trees in this scene will be turning a bright shade of green, until then a trio of Bessemer tunnelmotors provides the color.
