On Thanksgiving 2022, the Bessemer and Lake Erie ran one of their very erratic "miscellaneous" trains, which handle all of the non-ore traffic on the ore conveyor route. For railfans, the misc trains are highly sought after, as they are the (almost) sole refuge of the remaining Bessemer-painted and standard cab power on the railroad. On this day, the power was SD38-2 868 and SD38 862. At the time, the former was the last engine to have never left the Bessemer since it was delivered by EMD; since then, the unit went to Danville, NY, for work, and the 866 has replaced it.
Trailing the SD38s was a CN SD70M-2 heading to Butler for interchange to the Buffalo & Pittsburgh, heading out for servicing. The train also worked one of the most consistent customers online, the Bennett Supply yard at Harmar, just before the railroad crosses the Allegheny River.
(0:00) Intro (0:15) Mercer Road, Greenville, PA (1:13) Young Road, Kremis, PA (4:37) Departing Kremis (5:49) Kimbles Viaduct (6:12) Branchton Rd. (6:38) Mahood Rd. (7:11) Working Butler Yard (10:29) Delwood Rd., Butler (11:02) SX North (11:42) SX South (12:03) Climbing to Bennett Supply (13:53) Working Bennett (15:26) Descending from Bennett
