CN 5500 and CN 5719 wait to take off southward with a pellet train for Proctor as a repainted DM&IR 408 pulls up with a T-Bird train. The 408 will soon to be taking the signal to go back to the m... (more)
The northbound MRF out of Proctor, MN delivers some new power sets to the Iron Range for taconite service. In the mix is CN 6020 leading followed by EJ&E 674, IC 62**, IC 6254, IC 6259, DM&IR 215... (more)
CN 5500 and CN 5709 team up on a T-Bird raw taconite train and are moving 96 cars south towards the United Taconite Fairlane plant. Pretty rare sight for a T-Bird train to have this much power. ... (more)
A new clean GE lead a nice matched consist pulling 108 cars loaded with pellets from Minntac. The train is pulling past the wye that serves Unitied Taconite.
A set of empty crude cars departs the plant behind the B&LE 903 under clear blue skies brought on be 7 below zero temps.
A strange but good looking pair they do make. B&LE 903 and IC 6257 lead 97 empties and one load that wouldn't dump out of the Fairlane plant and back to the mine for more ore.
DM&IR 212 leaves United Taconite's Fairlane plant after dumping 100 loads of raw taconite.
On a cold winter's day the steel bridge rattles a little more that usual while the bare tree branches snap and crack together in the north wind as DM&IR 215 breaks natures noise breifly while lead... (more)
A friendly wave and a little tap on the horn as they cross over the river and notice a photographer standing below.
The lone former Missabe SD38-2 to receive CN paint adds to the colors of a northern Minnesota fall morning.
The former Missabe in it's glory days. All the engines with the exception of DM&IR 215 are retired or scrapped by CN. Even the ore cars are slowly starting to be replaced by new ones as CN has t... (more)
An old DM&IR ore car build date 1952 vs. a new DM&IR ore car build date 07/ 2009.
DM&IR 408 pulls 136 loads of taconite pellets out of Fairlane as an empty T-Bird and the Keenan Switch jockey for space in the backround.
An engineer puts the power to his mighty steads and begins to pull the 136 loads of taconite pellets out of the plant towards Proctor, MN.
The only iron ore pellet train leaving the Iron Range today waits for the crude ore train to leave so they can head to Proctor.
