A few miles into the southbound trip down the CN Missabe sub back to Proctor with fresh pellet loads and a quick look over the shoulder reveals exhaust plumes that United Taconite is still running... (more)

Spring brown season is in full display but the sun was out and a train was moving pellets south on the CN Missabe sub.

Rolling along the CN Missabe Sub which parallels Highway 7 for several miles through the Zim/Sax bog wildlife area, DMIR 409 leads two bigger Dash 8's pulling pellets from United Taconite. With r... (more)

Pulling out of United Taconite with 138 fully loaded ore cars bound for Proctor, MN.

Mere moments before NS 4242 rounded the curve it was raining at this location as they were running south down the CN Missabe Sub, moving 138 ore cars as the first test of NS's DC-to-AC GEs on CN'... (more)

Heading up from Proctor, MN to load 138 cars at United Taconite and make the return trip.

Running south down the CN Missabe Sub, NS 4242 and NS 4417 are moving 138 ore cars as the first test of NS's DC-to-AC GEs on CN's ore lines has begun. Might be a first with NS power and older Mis... (more)

Seconds after northbound traffic cleared on the CN Missabe Sub and the signal turned green, NS 4242 hit the lights and throttled up to begin moving 138 ore cars and with it the first test of NS's ... (more)

Not much in the scenery dept. as brown stick season prevails after the winter snow melt but before the green-up of spring. The sun is shining and the trains are running though like this taconite t... (more)

Slowing to take the siding for a meet with a CN container train waiting for them, DMIR 409 and two Dash 8's supply the power for these taconite loads on the way down to Proctor.

I see some IC at United taconite as IC 6264 pulls 140 loads of taconite pellets out of the yard and head down the CN Missabe sub while IC 6252 in charge of empties to head back to the mine to load... (more)

A trio of SD40's (DMIR 400, BLE 903, DMIR 405) and 140 ore jennies head to Proctor, MN on a nice day.

A trio of SD40's (DMIR 400, BLE 903, DMIR 405) and 140 ore jennies seem small against the vast landscape of the Zim/Sax bog and the Bobby Aro Memorial Highway which is undergoing resurfacing.

DMIR 406 runs along the Missabe Sub and the wide open spaces through the Zim/Sax bog back to Proctor, MN on a Friday afternoon.

A 138 car string of veteran DMIR ore cars led by a trio of SD40-3's pull off the yard track at United Taconite and make the south turn on the CN Missabe Sub headed back to Proctor, MN while IC 625... (more)