A PHL Dock Job heads light from Pier B Yard through CP Gaspur on its way across the harbor area back to Pier A Yard in Wilmington.
For an Alco lover like me, time spent on the LS&I was like being a kid in a candy store. I will forever the indebted to a fine gentleman named John B. Dorais. Mr. Dorais was the LS&I Manager-Per... (more)
LS&I dock job with U30C 3006 and C30-7 3074 (both ex-BN) pull a cut of empties off the Presque Isle ore dock while Lower Lakes Towing steamer Michipicoten waits to load.
LS&I dock job with U30C 3006 and C30-7 3074 (both ex-BN) shove loads onto the Presque Isle ore dock while Lower Lakes freighter Michipicoten waits to load.
Ore cars await the arrival of the next vessel as the dock job drills cars on the other side and the sun rises.
LS&I 3000 and sister 3073 (C30-7) pull empties off the ore dock
Late evening sun glints off of the dock approach as 3000 and sister 3073 (C30-7) pull ore hoppers off the dock
LS&I U30C and C30-7 switch out the ore dock.
LS&I U-30C pushes ore hoppers (Jennies) onto the ore dock. The Algosteel is in port, taking on a load of taconite(Iron ore). The ice is starting to form on Lake Superior as the 2002 shipping seaso... (more)