A pair of Bessemer & Lake Erie EMD's are on home rails as they lead the Canadian National L519 local north through Saxonburg, Pennsylvania and past the searchlight signals at the approach to SX No... (more)
Catch 22! U703 grinds up the .6% grade with 99 loads of ore destined for US Steel after an interchange with the Union RR at North Bessemer on a brisk Earth Day after overnight snow flurries
CN SD70M-2 8827 leads today’s southbound ore train with 99
loads headed for North Bessemer yard. After climbing out of the Thorn Creek watershed the engines can ease up as the rest of the trip... (more)
Amidst snow flurries moving into the area, ex SP Tunnel Motor leads an all orange consist of new ore jennies north with the dwarf siding signal on sentry.
On a cold winter morning, a loaded Bessemer ore train passes under the classic signal bridge at SX North behind a quartet of big EMD's, snaking through s-curves high on the hillside in Saxonburg, ... (more)
Snaking through s-curves in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, a loaded Bessemer ore train passes under the classic signal bridge at SX North behind a pair of CN SD70M-2's. These US&S searchlight signals ar... (more)
With loaded new style ore hoppers in tow, the daily southbound roars under the RT 228 overpass. In 20 miles the train pulled by matching Illinois Central “Death Star” locomotives will reach th... (more)
With loaded new style ore hoppers in tow, the daily southbound glides through Saxonburg just past the site of the old US Steel sintering plant. In 20 miles the train pulled by matching Illinois Ce... (more)
A southbound Misc run with a trio of BLE power passes SX South on the CN Bessemer Sub. A friend and I chased this job all afternoon from Greenville to North Bessemer and back. It was one of the mo... (more)