The first test run of NS's DC-to-AC GEs on CN's ore lines has ended after the train arrived at Proctor yard with taconite pellets from United Taconite. Waiting on their arrival was a U716 with IC... (more)

No less than 8 railfans across the bridge on the north end of the yard waiting for the 1700 afternoon E-Lead switch crew to begin moving with their paired up Missabe maroon duo. A late Pokegama tr... (more)

It really didn't seem to matter that rain was about to start falling, the wind was howling and the temperature was 45 degrees. DMIR 215 and DMIR 403 were paired up at Proctor, MN doing work on the... (more)

How's that for cool? Rare? Once thought impossible and never to happen again, DMIR 215 and DMIR 403 pulling cars of taconite pellets. In 2021? At Proctor?

DMIR 403 and 215 are paired together for the E lead switch job as it basks in the evening light

In an extremely rare move, DMIR 212 and 211, SD38-2's, lead stone loads up Proctor Hill in golden hour. What a show!

The Iron Range remains a holdout for classic power and, in this case, a pair of bonafide DMIR roster items.

Limestone loads head north from Proctor with several other trains in the yard waiting for their turn down the hill to Duluth. At this same moment, another load of limestone was coming up the hill... (more)

Limestone empties head downhill on a code blue morning.

Lots going on in the yard with at least 4 jobs moving about and doing their thing at Proctor, MN.

A couple big GE's normally assigned to limestone trains switch empties and loads at the propane industry alongside Proctor yard.

When near Proctor, MN the obligatory stop on the north end of the yard is a must do. DMIR 212 and IC 6264 handle evening switching chores for manifest freight at the west end of Proctor Yard. Pai... (more)

IC 6263 waits to depart Proctor with northbound ore empties.

A road set on an empty ore train is fueled at CN's Proctor yard prior to departing for United Taconite's Fairlane iron ore plant on a crisp -9F morning.

Pushing back into Proctor Yard.