A Lake Superior & Ishpeming ore run rolls a string of loads through Palmer Jct. as it heads from Tilden Mine back to Eagle Mills Yard. Later the cars will be handled down the grade to the ore dock... (more)

Brake shoes smoking in the late evening light, LS&I 2300 leads a colorful consist into the ore yard at the dock in Marquette in June of 1988. U23C's were fairly rare here, with only 53 being produ... (more)

Lake Superior & Ishpeming’s Hill Job works its train by the yard office at the east end of Eagle Mills yard.

Lake Superior & Ishpeming’s Hill Job makes a pull as it puts together its train to feed an ore boat at Marquette. Alligator smoke drew railfans from all over the country to the Upper Peninsula.

LS&I had two C30-7s, nos. 3073 and 3074 operating the afternoon of July 20, 2018. The units were making a light move to Partridge Yard on CN to pick up empty all rail ore cars for loading at Tilde... (more)

LS&I 2303 and friends smoke it up as they pass thru Empire Junction with an ore train in October of 1988. 2303 is a relatively rare GE U23C. Only 53 were produced for domestic use in USA.

LS&I 35, decorated for Christmas, sits outside Barn 9 at IRM.

LS&I U30Cs nos. 3000 and 3009 work a morning mine run returning from Tilden Mine to Eagle Mills, where another crew with CEFX power will take the train down to the Presque Isle ore dock. The forme... (more)

The 7 A.M. Tilden train returns to the yard at Eagle Mills with a load of taconite. These are some of, if not the last U30C's operating in the United States.

LS&I U30C nos. 3000 and 3009 pull a trainload of ore headed for their dock out of Tilden Mine at Empire Jct. between Palmer and Eagle Mills, MI. No. 3000 was built in April 1974 as BN 5931, and li... (more)

The morning crew returns to Eagle Mills with its loaded ore train completing its round trip to Tilden Mine. Later a dock job will deliver the cars to the dock near Marquette, MI.

Lake Superior & Ishpeming U25C no. 2501 sits on display under their ore dock at Presque Isle, near Marquette, MI, while CEFX 1004 and mate handle dock duties. At present, all ore is mined at the T... (more)

With a tight market for lease locomotives due to traffic levels on most North American railroads, the Lake Superior & Ishpeming continues to utilize its shrinking fleet of former BN U30Cs as a vit... (more)

LSI 3009 leads a second U30C on an empty ore train run from Eagle Mills to Tilden Mine in upper Michigan. The train is passing through Palmer Junction, and the foreground track is used by CN from ... (more)

An unmarked steam locomotive rests outside Barn 9 last night.