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Pictures of BLE 908
 
Owner: Bessemer & Lake Erie
Model:Rebuilt EMD SD40-3Built As:SSW 9301 (SD45T-2)
Serial Number:72625-41Order No:72625
Frame Number:72625-41Built:3/1973
Notes:nee SSW 9301 SD45T-2 3/73, SP 6827, BLE 908
Other locos with this serial:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40T-2) SSW 9301(SD45T-2) SP 6827(SD45T-2R)
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BLE 908
Title:  BLE 908
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/5/2011  Upload Date: 9/23/2011 8:12:42 PM
Location:  russelton, PA
Author:  Steven McKay
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
BLE 908
Title:  BLE 908
Description:  Switching EMSCO
Photo Date:  8/24/2011  Upload Date: 2/5/2012 4:14:59 PM
Location:  Girard, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  244   Comments: 1
BLE 867
Title:  BLE 867
Description:  B&LE train passes the former locomotive servicing facility @ North Bessemer Yard
Photo Date:  10/7/2011  Upload Date: 10/9/2011 10:12:46 AM
Location:  Penn Hills (subdivision), PA
Author:  Matt Provenza
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
BLE 867
Title:  BLE 867
Description:  B&LE 867 ,910,908 arrives at the southern end of North Bessemer Yard while Union 15,22,30,14 awaits departure.
Photo Date:  10/7/2011  Upload Date: 10/9/2011 10:21:23 AM
Location:  Penn Hills (subdivision), PA
Author:  Matt Provenza
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3) URR 15(MP15DC) URR 22(MP15DC) URR 30(MP15DC) URR 14(MP15DC)
Views:  474   Comments: 0
BLE 867
Title:  BLE 867
Description:  B&LE 867 ,910, 908 passes Union 15 @ North Bessemer Yard
Photo Date:  10/7/2011  Upload Date: 10/9/2011 10:29:12 AM
Location:  Penn Hills (subdivision), PA
Author:  Matt Provenza
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3) URR 15(MP15DC)
Views:  268   Comments: 0
BLE 908
Title:  BLE 908
Description:  B&LE 908 passes an iron ore pile in North Bessemer Yard
Photo Date:  10/7/2011  Upload Date: 10/9/2011 10:36:37 AM
Location:  Penn Hills (subdivision), PA
Author:  Matt Provenza
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
BLE 867 Southbound
Title:  BLE 867 Southbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 5:08:16 PM
Location:  Conneaut, OH
Author:  Richard Thompson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  248   Comments: 1
BLE 867 Southbound
Title:  BLE 867 Southbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 5:08:45 PM
Location:  Conneaut, OH
Author:  Richard Thompson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  242   Comments: 1
BLE 867 Southbound
Title:  BLE 867 Southbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 5:09:22 PM
Location:  Dicksonburg, PA
Author:  Richard Thompson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
BLE 867 Southbound
Title:  BLE 867 Southbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 5:09:52 PM
Location:  Adamsville, PA
Author:  Richard Thompson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
BLE 867 Southbound
Title:  BLE 867 Southbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 5:10:13 PM
Location:  Kremis, PA
Author:  Richard Thompson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
BLE 867 Southbound
Title:  BLE 867 Southbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 5:10:40 PM
Location:  Pardoe, PA
Author:  Richard Thompson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  235   Comments: 2
BLE 867 Southbound
Title:  BLE 867 Southbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 5:11:08 PM
Location:  Pardoe, PA
Author:  Richard Thompson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  226   Comments: 1
BLE 867 Southbound
Title:  BLE 867 Southbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 5:11:46 PM
Location:  Keisters, PA
Author:  Richard Thompson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  231   Comments: 2
BLE 867 Southbound
Title:  BLE 867 Southbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 5:12:08 PM
Location:  Oneida, PA
Author:  Richard Thompson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  238   Comments: 1
BLE 867 South
Title:  BLE 867 South
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 5:46:31 PM
Location:  Conneaut, OH
Author:  Cody Zamostny
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
BLE 867 South
Title:  BLE 867 South
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 5:48:28 PM
Location:  East Conneaut, OH
Author:  Cody Zamostny
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  257   Comments: 1
BLE 867
Title:  BLE 867
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 5:52:20 PM
Location:  Kidders Corner, PA
Author:  Cody Zamostny
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
BLE 867 South
Title:  BLE 867 South
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 5:56:29 PM
Location:  Dicksonburg, PA
Author:  Cody Zamostny
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
BLE 867 South
Title:  BLE 867 South
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 5:59:12 PM
Location:  Shermansville, PA
Author:  Cody Zamostny
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  205   Comments: 1
BLE 867 South
Title:  BLE 867 South
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 6:00:54 PM
Location:  Adamsville, PA
Author:  Cody Zamostny
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  311   Comments: 1
BLE 867 South
Title:  BLE 867 South
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 6:01:48 PM
Location:  Adamsville, PA
Author:  Cody Zamostny
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
BLE 867 South
Title:  BLE 867 South
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 6:04:17 PM
Location:  Kremis, PA
Author:  Cody Zamostny
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
BLE 867 South
Title:  BLE 867 South
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 6:05:48 PM
Location:  Pardoe, PA
Author:  Cody Zamostny
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  269   Comments: 2
BLE 867 South
Title:  BLE 867 South
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 6:07:50 PM
Location:  Keisters, PA
Author:  Cody Zamostny
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
BLE 867 South
Title:  BLE 867 South
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/18/2011 6:09:08 PM
Location:  Oneida, PA
Author:  Cody Zamostny
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 910(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
BLE 908
Title:  BLE 908
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/7/2011  Upload Date: 11/21/2011 10:06:32 PM
Location:  Greenville, PA
Author:  Michael Rujak
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
BLE 907 South
Title:  BLE 907 South
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/29/2011  Upload Date: 1/1/2012 2:01:05 PM
Location:  Kremis, PA
Author:  Cody Zamostny
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 907(SD40-3) BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 867(SD38AC)
Views:  221   Comments: 0
BLE 867 rolls south along route 19
Title:  BLE 867 rolls south along route 19
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/10/2012  Upload Date: 1/14/2012 1:32:53 PM
Location:  Fredonia, PA
Author:  Christopher Southwell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 910(SD40-3)
Views:  149   Comments: 1
BLE 867 south passes Mercer Lime & Stone
Title:  BLE 867 south passes Mercer Lime & Stone
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/10/2012  Upload Date: 1/14/2012 1:54:06 PM
Location:  Branchton, PA
Author:  Christopher Southwell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 867(SD38AC) BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 910(SD40-3)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  BLE 908 and friends wait on EMSCO siding while the brakeman rides a covered hopper down the gently sloping track to reposition the hopper for coupling.
Photo Date:  4/3/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 7:30:02 PM
Location:  Girard, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 901(SD40-3)
Views:  138   Comments: 1
Title: 
Description:  BLE power starts to move off the siding.
Photo Date:  4/3/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 7:34:31 PM
Location:  Girard, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  BLE 908, 901, and 902 pull onto the CN mainline.
Photo Date:  4/3/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 7:35:37 PM
Location:  Girard, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 901(SD40-3) BLE 902(SD40-3)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  The BLE power trio approaches the hopper.
Photo Date:  4/3/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 7:36:29 PM
Location:  Girard, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 901(SD40-3) BLE 902(SD40-3)
Views:  157   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  A little closer....
Photo Date:  4/3/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 7:37:16 PM
Location:  Girard, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 901(SD40-3) BLE 902(SD40-3)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  There! Got it!
Photo Date:  4/3/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 7:37:47 PM
Location:  Girard, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 901(SD40-3) BLE 902(SD40-3)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  The mini-consist moves toward Hathaway Street to clear the switch.
Photo Date:  4/3/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 7:38:56 PM
Location:  Girard, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 901(SD40-3) BLE 902(SD40-3)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  The hopper enters the Hathaway Street crossing.
Photo Date:  4/3/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 7:39:37 PM
Location:  Girard, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 901(SD40-3) BLE 902(SD40-3)
Views:  169   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  BLE 908 waiting for the switch to be thrown.
Photo Date:  4/3/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 7:40:27 PM
Location:  Girard, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  The mini-consist inches its way up the CN mainline toward EMSCO.
Photo Date:  4/3/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 7:42:19 PM
Location:  Girard, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 901(SD40-3) BLE 902(SD40-3)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  Checking everything out. Note the low-budget, energy-efficient, EOT device blowing gently in the breeze.
Photo Date:  4/3/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 7:43:41 PM
Location:  Girard, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 901(SD40-3) BLE 902(SD40-3)
Views:  193   Comments: 2
Title: 
Description:  Yep, looks good!
Photo Date:  4/3/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 7:44:35 PM
Location:  Girard, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 901(SD40-3) BLE 902(SD40-3)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  Away she goes past the EMSCO facility.
Photo Date:  4/3/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 7:45:21 PM
Location:  Girard, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 901(SD40-3) BLE 902(SD40-3)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  The train moves slowly toward Main Street in Girard, PA. This is a very rare sight. In the past 34 years, Ive had to stop for a Bessemer train on Main Street only once. Note that the EOT device is still attached and functioning perfectly.
Photo Date:  4/3/2012  Upload Date: 4/3/2012 7:49:13 PM
Location:  Girard, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 901(SD40-3) BLE 902(SD40-3)
Views:  208   Comments: 1
Way off in the distance, there is a sign of life.
Title:  Way off in the distance, there is a sign of life.
Description:  The 908, 902 and 910 get ready to couple onto what would become their train.
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/19/2012 7:24:43 AM
Location:  Greenville, PA
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  112   Comments: 2
Here they come.
Title:  Here they come.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/19/2012 7:31:45 AM
Location:  Greenville, PA
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 902(SD40-3) BLE 910(SD40-3)
Views:  122   Comments: 5
Pulling empty hoppers out of the yard.
Title:  Pulling empty hoppers out of the yard.
Description:  My first encounter with the Bessemer.
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/18/2012 9:31:19 PM
Location:  Greenville, PA
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 902(SD40-3) BLE 910(SD40-3)
Views:  262   Comments: 10
A sunny day, it was not.
Title:  A sunny day, it was not.
Description:  That allowed me to shoot from this side though.
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/18/2012 9:34:44 PM
Location:  Greenville, PA
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 902(SD40-3) BLE 910(SD40-3)
Views:  172   Comments: 4
Departing Greenville north.
Title:  Departing Greenville north.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/18/2012 9:38:41 PM
Location:  Greenville, PA
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  174   Comments: 5
Heading into downtown, and past the depot.
Title:  Heading into downtown, and past the depot.
Description:  They may have been rebuilt, but they are still Tunnel Motors to me.
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/18/2012 9:44:34 PM
Location:  Greenville, PA
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3) BLE 902(SD40-3) BLE 910(SD40-3)
Views:  175   Comments: 4

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