CN SD40-2W 5318 leads ore loads South through Adolph.

Nearing Proctor Yard limits, the crew aboard this train is about to end their journey from United Taconite, and a new crew will board for the trip down to the Duluth ore dock. All three Illinois C... (more)

A widecab SD40-2 and 2 other units bring this loaded ore train into Proctor yard limits on a very cold November morning. Although winter hasn't "officially" begun yet, it sure felt we we... (more)

CN 2007 with some first light steaming pellets.

BLE tunnel motor 906 leads a loaded taconite drag through Adolph as they prepare to enter Proctor Yard under a wildfire sunset sky.

DMIR 406 passing by some wildflowers as they head south towards Proctor.

As a light and dreary Minnesota Great Lakes rain trickles down, a southbound Canadian National intermodal on the Rainy Sub crosses over a southbound tactonite train on the Missabe Sub... Sadly the... (more)

A trio of IC EMDs lead train CN ore train U72181 through Adolph headed for Proctor Minnesota.

Not long after the sun rose above the horizon CN loaded taconite train U71782 rounds the curve in Adolph Minnesota with pellets bound for the ore docks in Duluth.

CN SD40u 6024 leads ore empties north through Adolph.

IC 6252 leads limestone loads North through Adolph.

CN SD40-2W 5244 leads ore empties North through Adolph.

DM&IR 409, an ex-SP SD45T-2 rebuilt by VMV at Paducah, pulls taconite loads east towards Duluth, seen here at Adolph.

CN 5337 gets the light at Adolph and rolls north on the CN Missabe Sub for the trip up to the Iron Range and the Minorca mine with 50 cars of limestone. Just as they started pulling, a nice class... (more)

A three pack of Dash 8s, the leader being a standard cab, exit the scale track and enter the Missabe Subdivision at Adolph.