Light power movement with IC 6265, IC 6262, GT 6221 and DMIR 405
Not the Proctor it used to be.
A switch crew holds in the clear to allow a loaded ore train from United Taconite to enter the yard while a plow clears some of the 6 inches of fresh snow we received overnight off the access road... (more)
Tis the season for broken rail and pull-aparts.
The MRF arrives Proctor on a chilly December morning. They also have one of the two active DM&IR painted units with them, SD38-2 #215.
Limestone empties are almost to Proctor as they roll through Munger in very cold weather.
The sun sets on Missabe maroon as the last two active DM&IR-painted units (403 and 211) team up with a repainted sister to lead a Minorca limestone train. SD38-2 215 is also still in Missabe colo... (more)
IC 6263 and DMIR 400 are two of 14 units stored at the former DM&IR shops in Proctor, Minnesota. These roundhouse stalls saw active steam until the early 1960s.
The morning Proctor Roadswitch eases a train of United Taconite pellets down Proctor Hill.
The morning Roadswitch passes construction equipment waiting for the start of Minnesota's other season besides winter.
Three DMIR SD9s sit outside the engine shop at Proctor in 1988.
A single rebuilt SD40 leads a short train over the frozen Midway River.
One of the last remaining Missabe Maroon units heads up the Proctor Road Switch with empties from dock 6
DM&IR 210 grinds up the hill with limestone loads.
