Late afternoon sun hits the nose of this northbound empty taconite train as the long winter shadows hit the ore cars.
A peaceful day with a train rolling through the white landscape.
Pulling off the CN Rainy sub at Minorca Jct. and continue the slow slog up the grade with limestone loads for delivery to the Minorca taconite plant on this early summer morning.
Peaceful afternoon run from Proctor yard up to Minntac to load and then return back home to Proctor.
Taconite loads rolling south for the yard at Two Harbors, MN
Pulling taconite loads down the CN Missabe Sub through the Zim/Sax bog on an early morning run back to Proctor yard.
Leaving the U.S. Steel Minntac property behind with loads of taconite pellets with the next stop scheduled for the yard at Proctor, MN.
A long L567 (484 axels long) makes its way north through Virginia, MN as they travel up to Ranier, MN with mixed freight and colorful boxcars. The yard is busy this morning with several different... (more)
The crew operating as the Kelly Lake local are almost done for the day as they bring their train to rest in their namesake yard and wait for a van back to Superior, WI.
Cold. Clear. Refreshing. That's what it was as IC 6264 departed Minntac with pellets for Proctor yard.
A cold and windy morning as CN 2041 pulls 145 ore cars across Highway 7 as they begin the trip back to Two Harbors.
Amid wildfire smoke from Canada and filtered sunlight from nature, CN 3023 sticks out with its still bright orange color in a nod to the EJ&E as it hauls limestone loads north on the CN (former DM... (more)
Cutting through the fog on a winter morning.
Burning diesel on a cold winter morning.
Moving limestone from Proctor up the CN Missabe Sub heading to deliver at Minntac.
