Looking quite good, IC SD40-3 6251 is northbound on CN's Missabe Sub with loaded limestone train U715.

IC SD40-3s 6251 and 6260 bracket CN C40-8s 2024 and 2026 hustling northbound at Alborn with 67 limestone loads for Minntac in tow.

With steam still rising off of the freshly baked taconite pellets, a set of EMD power rolls toward Two Harbors, rounding a curve just north of Wales Jct. A former Illinois Central locomotive still... (more)

The IC sandwich continues south as the sun continues to shine on what was a mostly cloudy day.

An IC sandwich heads southbound in some wild storm light.

IC 6251 leads a loaded Limestone train past the Alborn Tavern, with the crossing signal mirroring the OLI insignia on 6251's side.

IC 6251 leads ore loads south on the Missabe Sub. Two IC 40s are sandwiching 2 CN units here. This was the first southbound after a long MOW window for a good portion of the day.

An empty limestone train heads south down the Missabe back to Proctor, MN.

IC SD40-3 6251 leads ore loads South through Kelsey.

A nice run up the Missabe sub from Proctor to load pellets at United Taconite on a nice summer evening.

IC 6251, BLE 906 and DMIR 402 lead empty limestone through Sax.

IC SD40-3 6251 leads ore loads South near Forbes.

Coming up the CN Missabe sub from Proctor, MN to load taconite pellets at the U.S. Steel Minntac plant later on this evening.

After unloading iron ore at Dock 6 in Duluth, IC 6251, 6252 and CN 5244 head back into Proctor with the empties. 6251 and 6252 both still wear Deathstar paint, complete with Operation Lifesaver de... (more)

It's a beautiful morning at CN's Dock 6 in Duluth, as IC 6251, IC 6252 and CN 5244 unload a train of iron ore.