Now arriving at Proctor yard. Three ICs and hot pellets.

Lifting heavy wet coarse tailings up from the plant at Silver Bay to the tailings pond at m.p. 7. The veteran EMDs and the tall searchlights make for a good day.

The Keenan local crew comes up the former DMIR Hinsdale branch empty handed after their paperwork numbers didn't match the cars being stored at the former Erie Mining property, so they were told t... (more)

Ripping along the CN Iron Range sub at track speed about to split the signals at Jones as they head back to Two Harbors.

An early morning trip north from Proctor results in a morning trip back to Proctor with taconite loads.

The seemingly new normal of wildfire smoke. A little early morning fog, some wildfire smoke from Canada and steam coming off the fresh made pellets as they travel south for Two Harbors.

Ore for export from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant heads south bound for Convent, Louisiana.

After setting out some engines from the Two Harbors ore pool and a few cars of interchange traffic at Keenan yard, DMIR 400 is headed back towards Two Harbors with some interchange cars.

Obligatory train in the snow photo as the summer season begins. A trio of Dash 8s and 145 ore cars quietly move along the CN Iron Range Sub while snow falls.

Love the smell of steaming pellets and EMDs in the morning.

The longest day of the year at 2000 hrs. finds container train Q199 led by CN 3199 climbing the south side of the Laurentian Divide approaching m.p. 78 on the CN Rainy Sub as they head for the bor... (more)

An early morning departure out of Proctor now finds this trio of tunnelmotors pulling limestone loads at 0700 thru the yard at Virginia at track speed to climb the hill up the south side of the La... (more)

A trio of dash 8s and 145 cars following along make the run from Two Harbors and are about a half hour away from their destination of loading pellets at the Cliffs owned Minorca mine just north of... (more)

The crew from train A439 sits in the siding at Virginia giving a roll-by to a southbound container train.

A loaded taconite train from the Minntac plant gets a roll-by from the crew of the Keenan local job at Biwabik. The taconite pellets are headed to Two Harbors while the local will do their work a... (more)