A relief crew arrives by van to take these pellet loads back to Proctor, MN while a T-Bird train inches up along side to illuminate the train so the new crew can release the handbrakes before take... (more)
Cold weather railroading at it's finest. It's -27 degrees below zero just before sunrise and the exhaust from the plant is hanging over the small yard while the crew is having issues loading their... (more)
A pellet train from United Taconite rolls through Saginaw and north Coons as they continue towards Proctor. The lack of snow so far this year probably has more to do with no visible snowmobile tr... (more)
Another classic consist of EMD power put together by the forces at Proctor leads 142 cars of pellets from United Taconite back to the scales at Proctor.