Heading down to Proctor yard with freight from Ranier, MN and then stopping at Keenan yard to pick up some more cars and two GEs from the ore pool.
The Keenan switch crew heads back to their namesake yard with one b.o. ore car that was set out previously.
Wildfire smoke from Canada casts it's haze on NE Minnesota as CN 3316 rumbles over the steel bridge spanning the St. Louis River as they travel to United Taconite.
After an evening thunderstorm, it's all calm now as ground fog shrouds CN 2212 while they dump ore at United Taconite.
A T-Bird pulls up alongside another T-Bird at the United Taconite Fairlane plant with lights to head back to the mine.
As the morning sun rises in Forbes, Minnesota, a trio of EMD's lead empty ore train U716 as it comes off the main and heads into the loop track for loading at the Fairlane Taconite Plant. The Keen... (more)
Catching some of the last rays of sun, DMIR 406 begins to slow down for the left turn into the United Taconite plant with loads from the mine.
Fresh made taconite pellets glide along the CN Missabe sub at Fairlane as they head for Proctor yard. The leader, CN 3331, sports a special logo dating back to the Canadian Northern days.
BLE 903 and two other EMDs lead CN U713 southbound at Sax Road in Forbes, MN.
A short 1 car train heads to United Taconite to dump this car after it was set out and repairs were made to it. Once dumped, it will return to Keenan yard before being returned to the rest of the ... (more)
A winter landscape as a train passes over the frozen river.
Three IC EMD SD40-3s sound nice as they throttle up after having to stop and wait for some traffic up ahead that has now cleared.
It was certainly a surprise to hear about then to actually see three IC "Deathstars" assigned to T-Bird service, albeit briefly, while the new kids on the block the much bigger AC44C6Ms ... (more)
A blue hour departure under snowy skies.
Southbound EMDs with ore cars used for limestone delivery going back to Proctor yard.
