A nice morning heading back down to Proctor from the Iron Range with the empty limestone cars.
Coming off the CN Iron Range sub and heading south at Iron Jct. with still steaming taconite pellets. A mechanical problem at Two Harbors caused the reroute of this train down to Proctor instead. ... (more)
Empty ore train coming up from Two Harbors, MN and across the landscape of NE Minnesota heading to a taconite plant to load pellets.
A pair of SD60's and a train of mostly old school colorful boxcars makes for nice looking train in 2023.
Coming up from Two Harbors with one meet under their belts way back at Brimson, MN the crew were told to slow down because they were going to wait here at Gilbert for about 45 minutes until an all... (more)
After loading and departing United Taconite, it was a nice run to the siding here at Alborn were they had to wait on three northbounds to pass and clear before getting back underway for Proctor ya... (more)
Gritty and grimy is the life of a taconite hauler in the CN Two Harbors ore pool.
Another southbound taconite train from U.S. Steel Minntac with a destination of Convent, LA for overseas export.
Under a diffused sun, a trio of black IC's move pellets south as clouds move along in the sky.
IIRC this is the train that brought all the boys to the yard. A trio of BLE tunnels sit in the siding at the former DWP yard at Virginia with their train of limestone loads after a trip to the Mi... (more)
A sunny afternoon trip back to Proctor with almost empty side dumps after delivering limestone to U.S. Steel Minntac.
The Keenan switch job bringing back a healthy cut of sand cars from out of storage on the former Erie Mining Co. property.
A cold day and hot taconite pellets collide as they mingle on the trip down the CN Missabe sub to Proctor yard.
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.
