While it would have looked better with a pair of LS&I boats on the point, a pair of leased AC4400CW's pull a string of ore jennies out of Tilden for the dock in Marquette. It was a busy morning on... (more)

7 Tilden power has turned into the 3 Tilden and departs with empties the 7 Yard/Hill brought up earlier. The LS&I logo under the window has faded fast.

7 Tilden shoves back into the yard after pulling up on the Pellet Plant lead for headroom.

This is what we came for! An impromptu road trip yields great rewards as two sets of greens were used on this day as opposed to the blue CEFX leasers. 7 Tilden arrives back at Eagle Mills with loa... (more)

The day's first 7 Tilden job runs east for the LS&I yard behind a pair of GE relics with 60 loaded ore hoppers that will eventually make their way down to the ore dock in Marquette.

A dinosaur GE U-boat leads the way on the afternoon 3 Tilden job at Eagle Mills Junction through the rock cut bound for Tilden Mine and a pickup of 60 ore hoppers.

A pair of GE relics lead 60 loads of iron ore pellets east from Tilden Mine for a set out in LS&I's yard before they ride into Marquette behind a pair of leased CEFX AC4400s.

Looking more like Alliance, Nebraska in the late 1970s versus Upper Michigan in 2016, BN green dominates this view of LS&I's engine and car shop. From left to right are leased CEFX 1001/1012 (acti... (more)

CN's U741 ore train has stopped clear of Partridge while freight L-549 puts its train together. This short delay allowed LS&I's 7-Tilden to sneak past at Empire Junction with C30-7 3073 and U30C 3... (more)

An eastbound train approaching the Eagle Mills yard.

As surprising as it seems, former BN GEs continue in service on venerable iron ore hauler LS&I in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Here 3073 (C30-7) and 3009 (U30C) ease 60 iron ore loads out of the Ti... (more)

LSI U30C's 3009 & 3000 smoke it up through Empire Junction hauling ancient ore cars that were loaded at the Tilden Mine.

After a failed attempt to climb this hill a short time earlier in a heavy rainstorm, two C30-7s dig in to start climbing with 60 loads of ore pellets. The cascade green paint alludes to their prev... (more)

Spring storms have paused long enough for the sun to break through as the 3-Tilden backs up to make another attempt to draw 60 loaded ore cars up the grade they previously stalled on during a heav... (more)

With storms surrounding the Eagle Mills, Michigan area, a small hole of full sun opened up for just a moment on a set of Lake Superior & Ishpeming U-boats working some non-ore traffic in the yard.... (more)