Rolling south along the CN Missabe sub as the sun sets. That plume on the horizon is the U.S. Steel Minntac plant where this train originated about an hour or so previous.
That low winter light looks good plastered on the side of this all EMD power set and ore cars complete with a little bit of steam rising as the cold air mingles with the fresh taconite pellets.
Fresh off North Americas largest taconite operation, U.S. Steel Minntac property, BLE 909 hauls steaming taconite pellets south for Proctor yard and ultimately the storage facility at CN's dock un... (more)
Skirting the city of Virginia, MN while coming down CN's Rainy Sub after delivering limestone to the Minorca Taconite facility three BLE's are heading back to Proctor yard still a few hours away y... (more)