Bessemer & Lake Erie (BLE) 901 - Rebuilt EMD SD40-3
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Helper power runs down Byron Hill.
Helper power
BLE SD40-3s 901 and 906 shove CN M336-01 up the infamous Byron Hill, South of Fond Du Lac, WI
BLE 901 & BLE 910
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The Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad still exists, running from Conneaut, Ohio (on Lake Erie) to Penn Hills, Pennsylvania (near Pittsburgh). Canadian National acquired the railroad in 2004 but operates it as a subsidiary.
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B&LE 901 started life as Southern Pacific 9232 in 1972! Here it is in SP colors: http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5337673
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I had seen this on a prior trip to Fond du Lac, but it was buried too deep in the yard for me to get a good shot. No such problems today!
Two Bessemer and Lake Erie units, far from home rails, return light north across W. Scott St. and into Shops Yard in Fond Du Lac, WI. Though I cant be sure, I believe BLE 910 (SD40-3) and BLE 901 (SD40-3) were returning from helping a southbound train up and over the fabled Byron Hill.
Two Bessemer and Lake Erie units, far from home rails, return light north across W. Scott St. and into Shops Yard in Fond Du Lac, WI. Though I cant be sure, I believe BLE 910 (SD40-3) and BLE 901 (SD40-3) were returning from helping a southbound train up and over the fabled Byron Hill.
M356 continues south while the helper crew changes cabs.
BLE SD40-3s 901 & 907 doing a rolling uncoupling
Built May 1972 as SP 9232.
The shover eases north at 1548.
North at 1426.
