With four SD70M-2's running 2x2 on a train of iron ore loads, Canadian National's U702 rounds the bend outside of Harmonsburg, Pennsylvania the wye that was once the junction with the branch to Me... (more)

With heavy lake effect snow battling the area, Canadian National's U702 ore train has completed loading and departs from Conneaut, Ohio. A trio of SD70M-2's running 2x1 are powering the train as i... (more)

With several hours passing while the train was loaded at the Conneaut Docks and heavy snow falling, the drifts had piled up at the Pennside Road crossing south of Albion, Pennsylvania for the sout... (more)

A pair of SD70M-2's slowly roll across Conneaut Creek as they make their way through the loop track in Conneaut, Ohio to load the train with taconite pellets. This unique bridge is the only four t... (more)

Led by a trio of Illinois Central SD70's, loaded ore train CN U702 has just crossed the state line into West Springfield, Pennsylvania and approaches Pond Road under stormy skies. These pellets fr... (more)

A trio of Illinois Central SD70's lead a loaded ore train south on the CN Bessemer Sub, passing through the MD North control point near Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania. This control point features a u... (more)

A trio of Bessemer & Lake Erie EMD's roll through the fields of Adamsville, Pennsylvania as they lead ore loads south from Conneaut to North Bessemer. Owned by Canadian National since 2004, the su... (more)

A trio of Illinois Central SD70's split the searchlight signals at MD North in Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania as they hustle south of the CN Bessemer Sub with a train of iron ore loads in tow for the... (more)

The bulkers, thank god for the bulkers. Another example of the sweet power the bulk trains bring into The Lakehead sits on Mckellar Island awaiting a night run west.

A trio of former IC SD70's lead southbound loaded ore U702 as it cruises by the searchlights at mile 115.2 on the CN Bessemer Sub in Conneautville, Pennsylvania and heads south.

CN Bessemer & Lake Erie Subdivision running a trio of Illinois Central SD70s that has just pulled a long heavy iron ore train into North Bessemer Yard.

After a brief pause to get signal indication to head south from the dispatcher, a trio of IC SD70's throttle up and pull a loaded ore train past the searchlight signals at the RX control point in ... (more)

Swimming Through The Swamp. Canadian National Railways IC 1028 (SD70, EMD) leads CN Train U702 through Hartstown Swamp in Hartstown, Pennsylvania on the morning of October 31, 2019 in a monsoon. I... (more)

Just about one year ago, a major change took place on Canadian National's Bessemer Subdivision in the form of new power and new operations. EMD SD70M-2 locomotives were sent to the line to utilize... (more)

A loaded Bessemer ore train slowly climbs the grade out of the harbor in Conneaut, Ohio as the carman from the docks performs a roll-by inspection. The pair of Dash 9's are on the point of this da... (more)