The late afternoon sun makes it look warmer than it was. The air temp was -13F when I shot this, the wind-chill far south of that. The B&LE trio are on train U-710 with 133 empties for Minntac. T... (more)

Nice trio of tunnel motors ties down their train as the sun gets ready to set on a nice spring day.

While Northern Minnesota has had a tame winter so far in 2012, this shot from 2001 shows what winter could look like. Five light units head towards Duluth to clear Proctor Hill as snow continues t... (more)

A section crew struggles to clear a switch during a blizzard with near white-out conditions.

A trio of maroon Missabe units (DM&IR 412, 215 and 210) pull 135 loads of taconite pellets from United Taconite on Minnesota's Iron Range over the scale and into the yard at Proctor, MN where the ... (more)

Headed for the ore dock in Duluth with 140 loads after a fresh snow.

A rebuilt 3000-hp prime mover has just been lowered into B&LE 907 as it moves through the rebuild process at the DM&IR's shop complex. The light green primer gives the locomotive an odd glow but s... (more)

A colorful road set leads this loaded ore train into Proctor on a crisp morning.

Winter arrived this week with 5 inches of snow Thanksgiving evening and temps around zero this morning. The low morning sun gives this image a cold feel.

Power for an empty ore train passes by a pair of ex-DM&IR SD38-2s switching the yard. In the distance is a Proctor Roadswitch preparing to move 138 loads to Dock 6 in Duluth after the light power ... (more)

Fresh from the paint shop after rebuilding at DM&IR's Proctor Shop, Bessember 907 comes face-to-face with Missabe sister 409. Both units continue to serve CN today.

4 SD40u's hold back a loaded taconite train as they descend Proctor Hill. Former DM&N shops can be seen in the distance.

The Proctor road switch rolls down hill with a load of Ore for dock 6 in Duluth behind a quad of SD40U's. This photo was recently made possible by the construction of a new bridge just south of Pr... (more)

A derailment the night before between Orr and Cusson left 14 cars on the ground. This SD38AC is assembling a train to clear the tracks and get the rails back in position.

Missabe maroon still rolls on Proctor Hill as 403 eases 141 ore loads towards Dock 6 in Duluth.