About the only color on this dark and snowy day was the B&LE 904 and it's orange nose rolling down the Missabe Sub at M.P. 51 with the 142 cars of steaming taconite pellets in tow bound for Procto... (more)

These two old girls have been together for a long time. 40 years ago they were created to serve in the tunnels out West, grinding out long trains on the Southern Pacific/SSW. In the '90s they were... (more)

Dashing through the snow with a 142 loads..... B&LE 904 heads south out of United Taconite with 142 loads of taconite pellets for Proctor, MN on a snowy Sunday afternoon

Looking like a Christmas card, Bessember 904 rolls through fresh show with a train of steaming iron ore pellets.

CN threw is a treat when they put a solid set of Bessember 900s together in the ore pool during late November. Unfortunately the set didn't last long.

A rebuilt 3000-hp prime mover has just been lowered into B&LE 907 as it moves through the rebuild process at the DM&IR's shop complex. The light green primer gives the locomotive an odd glow but s... (more)

Minntac empties pound the diamond at Ramshaw, heading for another load of taconite in the endless parade of trains on the old Missabe.

A matched set of Bessemer tunnel motors lead a steaming ore train bound for Two Harbors on a crisp +8F morning.

BLE 904-IC 6263-IC 6261 pull 135 loads of iron ore refined at Minntac into Two Harbours only seven miles from their destination.

Power for an empty ore train passes by a pair of ex-DM&IR SD38-2s switching the yard. In the distance is a Proctor Roadswitch preparing to move 138 loads to Dock 6 in Duluth after the light power ... (more)

Fresh from the paint shop after rebuilding at DM&IR's Proctor Shop, Bessember 907 comes face-to-face with Missabe sister 409. Both units continue to serve CN today.

Southbound B&LE ore train at Keepville, PA, just south of Albion.

After a hasty recrew at Kremis, the U70261 is back on the move and approaching the town of Fredonia. Motive power for the train consists of three matching tunnel motors of Southern Pacific herita... (more)

It's fall peak on the Bessemer, and what better way to view it than from this vantage point just outside of Adamsville? This southbound is just a moment away from knocking down a clear signal at ... (more)

BLE 902 and company knock down the signal as they roll alongside Angling Road, surrounded by the fantastic fall color near Pennside.