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Viewing Album:  Bessemer and Lake Erie/ CN in Pennsylvania
 
By:Eric Rickert
Dates:1/1/2003 - 12/30/2023
Album Info:I've come to appreciate the uniqueness of this line that predominately hauls iron ore from giant lake boats in Conneaut, OH to the USS Thomson Works in Pittsburgh, one of the last integrated steel mills (named for the civil engineer that determined the location and name for the City Atlanta, designed the Horseshoe Curve among other PRR routes, and led the Pennsylvania Railroad during the period of great expansion). I wish I could've witnessed it in its heyday.
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Puddle reflections
Title:  Puddle reflections
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/29/2006  Upload Date: 11/27/2006 8:44:17 PM
Location:  Butler, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC)
Views:  1060   Comments: 0
No trespassing
Title:  No trespassing
Description:  Like the Florida East Coast in the south, the Bessemer and Lake Erie is one line you do not want to trespass on!
Photo Date:  9/29/2006  Upload Date: 11/27/2006 8:44:18 PM
Location:  Butler, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC)
Views:  1007   Comments: 0
BLE 878
Title:  BLE 878
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/23/2006  Upload Date: 11/27/2006 8:44:18 PM
Location:  Butler, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 878(SD38-2)
Views:  888   Comments: 0
BLE 867
Title:  BLE 867
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/23/2006  Upload Date: 11/27/2006 8:44:19 PM
Location:  Butler, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC)
Views:  752   Comments: 0
BLE 878
Title:  BLE 878
Description:  This train is in reverse as it appears to be backing into the B&P interchange
Photo Date:  11/23/2006  Upload Date: 11/27/2006 8:44:21 PM
Location:  Butler, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 878(SD38-2)
Views:  956   Comments: 0
BLE 866
Title:  BLE 866
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/22/2007  Upload Date: 3/15/2008 8:53:14 AM
Location:  Butler, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 866(SD38AC)
Views:  823   Comments: 0
Bessemer caboose
Title:  Bessemer caboose
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/22/2007  Upload Date: 3/15/2008 8:53:15 AM
Location:  Butler, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  644   Comments: 0
Maintenance of Way
Title:  Maintenance of Way
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/14/2011  Upload Date: 2/1/2021 10:21:40 PM
Location:  Butler, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  163   Comments: 0
MOW Crane
Title:  MOW Crane
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/2011  Upload Date: 2/1/2021 10:19:28 PM
Location:  Butler, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  156   Comments: 0
Bessemer and Lake Erie/ CN-
Title:  Bessemer and Lake Erie/ CN-
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/28/2018  Upload Date: 8/16/2018 6:33:23 PM
Location:  Butler, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 905(SD40-3)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
Bessemer and Lake Erie/ CN
Title:  Bessemer and Lake Erie/ CN
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/28/2018  Upload Date: 8/16/2018 6:33:33 PM
Location:  Butler, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 905(SD40-3) CN 5291(SD40-2W) CN 5340(SD40-2W)
Views:  560   Comments: 0
Bessemer and Lake Erie/ CN
Title:  Bessemer and Lake Erie/ CN
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/28/2018  Upload Date: 8/16/2018 6:33:40 PM
Location:  Butler, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 5340(SD40-2W) CN 5291(SD40-2W) BLE 905(SD40-3)
Views:  600   Comments: 0
Bessemer and Lake Erie/ CN- SB Returning from AK Steel/Calvin
Title:  Bessemer and Lake Erie/ CN- SB Returning from AK Steel/Calvin
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/28/2018  Upload Date: 8/16/2018 6:33:49 PM
Location:  Saxonburg, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 905(SD40-3) CN 5340(SD40-2W) CN 5291(SD40-2W)
Views:  788   Comments: 1
CN 8804
Title:  CN 8804
Description:  SB Bessemer Ore Train getting on Greenville Bypass
Photo Date:  12/29/2023  Upload Date: 12/29/2023 9:40:10 PM
Location:  Osgood, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 8804(SD70M-2)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
CN 8827
Title:  CN 8827
Description:  SB Bessemer Ore Train
Photo Date:  12/29/2023  Upload Date: 12/29/2023 9:40:13 PM
Location:  Osgood, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 8827(SD70M-2) CN 8800(SD70M-2)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
CN 8827
Title:  CN 8827
Description:  SB Bessemer Ore Train about to cross over former NS Erie Lackawanna main line.
Photo Date:  12/29/2023  Upload Date: 12/29/2023 9:40:15 PM
Location:  Osgood, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 8827(SD70M-2) CN 8800(SD70M-2)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
SB B&LE ore train through Fredonia-Front
Title:  SB B&LE ore train through Fredonia-Front
Description:  SB B&LE ore train through Fredonia
Photo Date:  12/29/2023  Upload Date: 12/29/2023 9:40:19 PM
Location:  Fredonia, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 8800(SD70M-2) CN 8827(SD70M-2)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
SB B&LE ore train through Fredonia-Middle
Title:  SB B&LE ore train through Fredonia-Middle
Description:  SB B&LE ore train through Fredonia. The hoppers are only 2-3 years old.
Photo Date:  12/29/2023  Upload Date: 12/29/2023 9:40:21 PM
Location:  Fredonia, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  118   Comments: 0
SB B&LE ore train through Fredonia-Rear DPU
Title:  SB B&LE ore train through Fredonia-Rear DPU
Description:  SB B&LE ore train through Fredonia. The B&LE trains don't poke around and move at a good pace.
Photo Date:  12/29/2023  Upload Date: 12/29/2023 9:40:22 PM
Location:  Fredonia, PA
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 8804(SD70M-2)
Views:  154   Comments: 0

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