A cold morning as evident by the heat distortion off the locomotives and the exhaust from the Minntac taconite plant located about 12 miles back.

A little snow is falling as DMIR 409 heads north with limestone loads for the Minorca taconite plant.

The red nose of CN amongst the yellows and oranges of fall foliage.

Typical fall day across northern Minnesota except for the trio of BLE's adding a little color.

Hot pellets from the Cleveland-Cliffs United Taconite plant roll south towards the yard at Proctor on a nice fall day.

Lancaster and Chester Railroad SD40T-3 leads LC 12 on the wye having excahnged cars with LC 16 in Janary 2018. The locomotive was built for the Southern Pacific as SP 8257 in 1984.

Hot pellets from the Cleveland-Cliffs United Taconite plant roll across the big steel bridge over Cloquet river passing below a giant white pine as they keep moving on towards the yard at Proctor,... (more)

PRLX 2832 rounds a curve into McDade. Debris from the previous week's ice storm is visible in the foreground.

PRLX 2832 parallels Old McDade Road just outside of Butler

BLE 906 leads a loaded ore train out of Fairlane down the Missabe Sub.

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.

Its minus 34 degrees at daybreak and BLE 900 pops out of the shadows at N. Fairlane with U711 in tow for Proctor.

The sun peeks out to illuminate PRLX 2832 as a light power move arrives in Elgin on an otherwise grey day.

One of two rare SD45T-2 "tunnel motors" on the Austin Western passes the vintage cantilever style grade crossing that protects FM 696 in Butler.

TPW westbound windmill train, passing west of Lake Cicott, IN, is headed to the Wolcott, IN yard during the evening of 04/25/12. At this point in time the NS was interchanging the windmill nacelle... (more)