Ore loads head for Proctor.
A loaded train of Fairlane pellets with increasingly rare power up front glides past the fall colors.
Taking empties back to Proctor with a backdrop of fall color.
Afternoon ore empties (136 cars) for United Taconite head north for loading on a perfect late summer day in NE Minnesota.
The afternoon limestone loads for Minntac accelerate under the DW&P overpass at the hamlet of Munger, just north of Duluth/Proctor.
The twice-weekly MRF charges north with hoppers filled with bentonite clay for the mines.
One of the remaining active WC SD45s (ex-NP) leads a rail train north on the former DM&IR.
Limestone loads head for Minntac with a pair of SD38s and SD-Ms for power.
Empty Fairfield headed north on DM&IR tracks at Munger
A trio of classic Missabe SD38-2s lead ore loads south towards Proctor.
Two B&LE SD40T-3s assist a veteran Missabe SD38 as limestone empties roll under the former DW&P.
Two former B&LE tunnel motors (903 & 909) continue to work on the ex-DM&IR.
Working limestone loads in the afternoon sun.
Northbound on former DM&IR trackage.
Ore loads head towards Duluth.
