An empty T-Bird shuttle train waits outside the Fairlane Taconite Plant in Forbes, Minnesota with a Bessemer tunnel motor on the point. Once the recrew arrives, the train will depart for the T-Bir... (more)

There was no shortage of photos as the BLE trio shoved limestone loads under the Duluth docks.

BLE 906, 904 and 909 make for a very nice tunnel motor trio as they take headroom under CN Dock 6 in Duluth, MN. The loaded Minorca bound limestone train would soon make way up Proctor Hill and in... (more)

In sweet light, a trio of Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motors make their assault on Proctor Hill as they lead a train of loaded limestone to the yard. The clouds were playing games all evening, but... (more)

2 B&LE tunnel motors and a CN widecab deuce lead some steaming taconite fresh from the mine into Proctor yard.

The BLE pair heads north out of Alborn at a rural crossing with empties bound for Fairlane.

A pair of BLEs and a CN motor bring this northbound empty through Bear Trap Curve in a light drizzle.

A pair of BLEs and a CN motor begin their descent down Proctor Hill on a soggy morning, with steaming pellets to be unloaded at the dock.

With a Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motor and a CN Anniversary Dash 8 on the point, CN U731 rounds the bend as it comes off the main on the Missabe Sub and on to the lead into the Fairlane Taconite... (more)

A duo of Bessemer tunnel motors depart Fairlane with a T-bird.

Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motor BLE 905 leads ex. DMIR SD38 BLE 862 as they depart from Conneaut, Ohio and cross over Conneaut Creek with a few bad order ore cars in tow. The crew came north and... (more)

Between Yard assignments, BLE 907 sits on the "New Lead" just in front of the Battle Creek West Tower. The New Lead serves as pocket for Yard Engines in the East Yard. Even though Im no... (more)

It seems like when temps hit the -20 mark, the diesels start steaming. In my experience the second generation EMD’s produce a pretty good show, but the real steamers are the new Tier 4 GEVO’s.... (more)

Just ahead of an approaching cloud, BLE 906 and CN 5459 head north through Wolf, MN.

A B&LE tunnel motor (SD40T-3) and a CN SD60 hustle north across the Cloquet River in Burnett, MN.