A few weeks before my move, another gorgeous fall day came around and it was business as usual on the Iron Range of Minnesota, as pellets for Two Harbors come steaming out of the plant.
DMIR 210 leads SD40-3 and SD38-2 212 as it descends Proctor Hill nearing Collingwood and the Duluth ore docks. Note the uphill main is out of service and will eventually be removed.
DMIR 212 leads an empty taconite train into Proctor after climbing Proctor Hill from the Duluth docks. No. 212 could use some touch up on its paint job. By this time older SD9s were getting pretty... (more)
Where does the time go. I was going to say something old, something new, but what is new is now old, and pretty much gone. A pair of DMIR SD45-2T tunnel motors (SD40-3s) surround their ancestor, m... (more)
Early on the morning of June 26, DMIR 409 and mates lift a loaded limestone train up Proctor Hill with St. Louis Bay and Wisconsin in the distant background. by 2005 the traditional uphill track i... (more)