CN 2006 taking ore loads south.
A trio of EMD's lead loaded ore train U717 south, knocking down the intermediate signal at 483 in Sax, Minnesota. Former IC SD40-3 6256 is in the lead, wearing some pretty warn CN paint.
With an MOW crew working one of the switches at the west end of Proctor Yard, loaded ore train U717 slows to a crawl behind lead unit IC 6252. The train eases past the work zone and proceeds towar... (more)
The sun is shining on a March morning as former Illinois Central SD40-3 6252, still wearing the "death star" paint scheme, leads loaded ore train U717 through the s-curve just south of C... (more)
A trio of CN SD40's are hard at work pulling a loaded train of iron ore taconite pellets alongside Center Line Road in Burnett, Minnesota. Steaming in the cold weather, these pellets are bound for... (more)
A trio of EMD's have just dropped a loaded iron ore train on the ore dock in Duluth, Minnesota as the sun rises. The consist is in the process of pulling down past the crossover and will then run ... (more)
A former Illinois Central SD40-3 is on the point of loaded taconite train U717 as it makes its way into Proctor Yard, slowly passing the MOW crew working on the adjacent track.
Loaded taconite pellet train U717 behind an Illinois Central SD40-3 and two repainted DMIR tunnel motors runs towards the port in Duluth. The tracks run alongside Saginaw Road through Grand Lake, ... (more)
BLE 900 leads an ore train from Cleveland-Cliffs' United Taconite processing plant to the CN yard in Proctor.
The dynamics are howlin' as DMIR 405, CN 5318 and IC 6252 lead ore loads down Spirit Mountain.
An Illinois Central SD40-3 leads two DMIR tunnel motor repaints on a loaded taconite train as it heads through Burnett and towards Duluth.
Two loaded taconite trains are at the lead into Proctor Yard on a sunny March morning. IC 6252 in death star paint is in the lead of one as it pulls into the yard while the other waits.
An EX-DMIR Tunnel Motor leads a CN taconite train onto the Ore Docks in Duluth. DMIR 405 SD40T-3 CN 5318 SD40-2W CN 5349 SD40-2W
With an Illinois Central SD40-3 on the point, three EMD's haul a heavy taconite train into CN's Proctor Yard on their way to the docks in Duluth.
A trio of EMD SD40's leads iron ore train U717 as it heads towards Duluth, about to cross Sax Road in Sax, Minnesota.