That low winter light looks good plastered on the side of this all EMD power set and ore cars complete with a little bit of steam rising as the cold air mingles with the fresh taconite pellets.
It's a balmy fresh minus 34 degrees as this train heads south with steaming taconite pellet loads from the Minntac plant bound for the yard at Proctor, MN. The cars on the road were filled with &... (more)
Fresh off North Americas largest taconite operation, U.S. Steel Minntac property, BLE 909 hauls steaming taconite pellets south for Proctor yard and ultimately the storage facility at CN's dock un... (more)
It's always nice to be able to pull over and just listen as these old veterans approach at track speed doing what they are supposed to do and that's earn revenue for the CN mothership.