BL&E 909 departs Minntac with loads for Two Harbors.

New arrival to the Missabe, B&LE 900, shoves a cut of loaded limestone cars back towards Missabe Junction. Nice to have a clean unit on the property (sister 906 is also a recent clean arrival as w... (more)

The light was very cooperative for us yesterday, as seen in this closeup at SX South interlocking.

The 907 South passes the approach signal to SX North interlocking.

Awaiting a new crew at Hartman Rd. Before long the 907 would head south, giving us just enough time to grab some Sheetz before resuming our chase.

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.

BLE 866 leads 3 sisters southbound out of Conneaut as a little bit of color on the trees hangs on.

BLE 906 was recently removed from Pennsylvania and put into service on the old DM&IR following a derailment that sent 6 units to the scrapper.

868-901-905-866 head back to Greenville after bringing an ore train down the High Line.

The leaves are all but off the trees but this BLE quartet blaze orange, breaking the quiet of the morn' as a lone fisherman hopes to land a Steelhead

A lot has been moved around since my last visit. Most of the inner tracks at "Larry's Alley" are refurbished locomotives Geep 15s seem to be in vogue this year. I see that more ex Missabe have ... (more)

B&LE 406 moves a cut of hoppers in their Conneaut, Ohio yard on a sunny day in 1968. Now a days it's hard to imagine a time like this when permission to be on the property was readily given, but t... (more)

A northbound B&LE empty hopper train meets a southbound ore train at KO junction, PA.