An empty ore train passes under the DWP mainline at Munger en route to United Taconite's Fairlane plant.

Another one of CN's original heritage units, DMIR 402 along with DMIR 404 and DMIR 408 shove back under the coarse crusher at United Taconite to load.

Taking a turn off the Missabe sub at N. Fairlane, DMIR 402, DMIR 404 and DMIR 408 lead taconite bearing rock loads into the United Taconite property where the plant will make taconite pellets.

DMIR 402, DMIR 404, and DMIR 408 (yes three former DMIR tunnel motors together pulling vintage DMIR ore cars in 2020) lead raw taconite down the Missabe sub from the mine heading towards the proce... (more)

DMIR 402 running around some ore loads down at the ore dock lead.

A trio of tunnel motors lift empty ore jennies up Proctor Hill from CN's Dock 6 in Duluth in a heavy lake effect snow storm.

DMIR 402 races along Highway 7 with a short local headed south toward Proctor Minnesota in tow. Highway 7 provides a quality pacing stretch between Forbes and Alborn Minnesota.

Snow is tapering off on the tail end of another snow event across NE Minnesota as the T-Bird trains from the mine to the plant and the plant to the mine continue their mission. Here are two EMD's... (more)

Shooting a Bird on Thanksgiving. A T-Bird runs south with 14,500 tons of taconite rock for the plant on Thanksgiving morning.

Gliding along the CN Missabe Sub on a nice fall afternoon three veteran EMD's pull veteran Missabe/DMIR era ore cars southbound.

A nice change of pace were these three EMD's on a T-Bird train instead of a Dash 8 duo that's been the norm in recent years. DMIR 402, IC 6255 and DMIR 409 with 120 veteran DMIR ore cars in tow ha... (more)

A thunderstorm has just cleared and early evening light bathes Proctor yard as a loaded limestone train for Minntac departs north. There are still plenty of older EMD units assigned to Proctor.

Limestone loads behind a trio of C40-8 variants begins its climb up Proctor Hill while three DM&IR tunnel motors spot ore cars for dumping at Dock 6.

DMIR 402, DMIR 404 and IC 6252 pull 130 loads of taconite pellets leaving the U.S. Steel Minntac property via the CN Minntac sub heading south for the CN Missabe sub that will take them on a sever... (more)

Ridiculously cold weather (-34 plus a wind chill at the time of this photo) across northern Minnesota as polar vortex envelopes the region but the trains are still moving albeit it takes a little ... (more)