Catching the strong rays of the evening sun, sand and smoke give evidence of the struggle to haul ore out of the Lake Erie docks along the twisting profile of Conneaut Creek.
The BLE northbound train slowly pulls along the river and into the ore dock at Conneaut. Before we know it, IC black power will be pulling these trains and the BLE tunnel motors will be gone.
NS gons with coil steel loads crosses over Conneaut Creek on the former Nickel Plate trestle, with a clean and colorful Conrail patch SD60I brightening the scene.