DMIR 215, one of the few proud units left in Missabe maroon, leads limestone empties south.

DMIR 215 leads limestone empties south.

DMIR 215 leads limestone empties south through Iron Junction back to Proctor.

A trio of tunnel motors drag limestone through the Minnesota Iron Range winter wonderland.

U-715 speeds south at track speed through Sax, MN with maroon DMIR 215 leading. The clouds would increase as the train continued south, leaving the bright blue skies seen here behind.

The maroon of the former Missabe looked good on a cold winter day as the last maroon SD40-3 rolls south towards Proctor after dumping what limestone was not frozen in the cars to Minntac so pellet... (more)

The former Missabe maroon and gold paint sure did look nice in the low light of a cold, clear January day. DM&IR 215, the last SD38-2 to wear the paint of the former Missabe, leads an almost empt... (more)

An empty limestone train leaves the siding at Alborn where it died the previous night.

An empty limestone train of 54 cars with a repainted DM&IR unit leading and with the last SD40-3 in Missabe maroon trailing heads for Keenan yard so the crew can van it back to Proctor having died... (more)

Protecting the shove into CN's Keenan Yard, this railroad worker stands out in all his PPE as the heavy snow falls.

Dashing through the snow, DM&IR 406 leads 54 limestone cars south on the Missabe Subivision during the third snowfall to hit northern Minnesota this year.

Limestone empties return from Minntac to Proctor on a cold Thanksgiving day.

Empty limestone train from Minntac arrives back at Proctor after a nice snowfall.

CN 5529 leads a 58 car (57 loads and 1 air car) U-715 past the north siding switch of Coons on the afternoon of Sept. 25, 2010.

A trio of SD60's lead an empty limestone train through the swamps of Zim on a nice Sunday morning. CN's latest experiment is to use a Distributed Braking Car at the rear of these limestone trains... (more)