A matched trio of DMIR tunnel motors and 135 ore cars loaded with taconite pellets stretch back as far as can be seen as they rumble along the Missabe sub passing through the Sax bog, a popular lo... (more)
Rumbling across the Missabe era steel bridge spanning the Whiteface river at Kelsey along the Missabe sub heading back to the yard at Proctor, MN with 135 cars of taconite pellets.
As snow falls across northern Minnesota, three matched DMIR SD40-3's (DMIR 409, DMIR 404, and DMIR 402) with 135 vintage DMIR ore cars loaded to capacity with approximately 14,000 tons of taconit... (more)
A trio of former DM&IR SD40-3s lead 139 ore loads south toward Proctor as the season's first snow storm hits.
Loaded taconite train makes its way into the Proctor yard under 5 inches of fresh wet and heavy snow.
A recent repaint leads an ore train towards Proctor after a heavy wet snow.
U717 Utac Ore loads heads under the DWP at Munger.
BLE 904 hits the switch at South Alborn with ore loads for Proctor.
U717 is just out of Utac as it steams along Highway 7. Power is BLE 904, DM&IR 403, and CN 6017.
U717 is just out of Utac as it steams along Highway 7 at the slight bend in the Missabe Subdivision at Sax, MN. Power is BLE 904, DM&IR 403, and CN 6017.
There are five BLE's working the former Missabe, every once in a while they'll get put together making for a cool consist to chase. Here the 903 and 909 lead a repainted IC SD40-2 with another lo... (more)
Untouched DMIR 412 leads a new kid on the block toward Fairlane where the train will load at Unitac and head back south to the docks.
Southbound U-Tac ore train rolls into Proctor Yard pushing remains of the previous days snow storm.
