DMIR SD9 162 leads an SD18 and another SD9 with an empty ore train as it heads out of Proctor Yard and north to the iron range. This location has always been a favorite spot to watch Missabe actio... (more)
DMIR SD9 170 and SD18 183 bask in summer evening warmth outside Missabe's Proctor diesel shop. Soon the units will be back at work either switching ore jennies or hauling long ore drag between the... (more)
Back in 2013 our normal second engine for coal trains, DM&IR #316, was down with electrical issues. Here we the DMIR #193 lugging 122 empties into Rices Point Yard with all the billboards and sigh... (more)
All is quiet now, as a few passerby take notice of a hulking train passing them. In December however, the tracks the train is directly on, from the pole with the sign all the way back to the end o... (more)
Onto the BNSF track now,past Rices Point Yard, the coal empty is headed for the former DM&IR ore docks, where they will cut off and leave the train. The track they are pulling down on is the West... (more)