After the LS&I ore train passed through Palmer Jct., another LS&I mine run using CEFX power showed up. This train had all rail ore loads from Tilden Mine and took them over to CN's Partridge Yard.... (more)
An lS&I mine run rolls an all rail ore train out of Tilden Mine at Palmer Junction where it is now headed to Partridge and interchange with Canadian National. This train runs to Gladstone, MI, the... (more)
A nice juxtaposition. 7 Yard/Hill with modern day LS&I power backs down to their train as the 7 Tilden with old school LS&I power heads light to Tilden.
While it would have looked better with a pair of LS&I boats on the point, a pair of leased AC4400CW's pull a string of ore jennies out of Tilden for the dock in Marquette. It was a busy morning on... (more)
On a snowy day a pair of leased GEs spot ore cars on the Lake Superior & Ishpeming dock. The CEFX units represent some of GE's most modern technology while U25C No. 2501, the only U25C saved, repr... (more)
A more common sight on the LS&I these days are the leased CEFX AC4400CWs. Here we see the 7 Dock Job departing Eagle Mills with loads for Marquette.
The 7am Tilden pulls into Eagle Mills with 60 loads of taconite.
Time-Sensitive Train from Bensenville - Coquitlam. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)
Whose train is this, anyways? A CEFX-SOO-CEFX-D+H-CP lashup. The "dog's breakfast" days are back at CP!
CEFX 1003 leads his manifest South toward CP's Bensenville Yd.
This CP headed for Bensenville Yard pounds across the Diamonds at Deval.
CEFX leasers, both SD90MACs and AC4400CW are now able to lead on CPR lines in Canada.
Couldn't resist this one with a leaser leading and the lilacs in full bloom.