With an Illinois Central SD40-3 on the point, three EMD's haul a heavy taconite train into CN's Proctor Yard on their way to the docks in Duluth.

A pair of SD40-2W's and a C40-8 lead U714 as it crosses the Whiteface River in Kelsey, Minnesota with an empty train of Difco side dump cars in tow.

A pair of Amtrak P42's pass through the wash building at Amtrak's shops in downtown Chicago as they shuffle around the engine facility.

A Belt Railway of Chicago yard job pulls down the lead with GP23ECO 237 as CN L503 builds their train in the yard on a sunny March morning.

A CP manifest freight, BRC local switcher, and CN ethanol train have a three way meet at Hayford Junction, just east of the Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard.

Amtrak Empire Service 281 speeds west at CP 382 on the Rochester Sub, heading towards its next stop in Buffalo.

A C40-8 leads a local freight south on the Missabe Sub as it crosses over the frozen Whiteface River in Kelsey, Minnesota.

A pair of SD40-2W's and a C40-8 lead U714 as it crosses Elbow Creek just south of Iron Junction with an empty train of Difco side dump cars in tow.

CN U714 has just crossed the Cloquet River speeds alongside Center Line Road behind a pair of SD40-2W's and a C40-8. The train will be loaded with limestone in Duluth and return to the Minntac min... (more)

A CN barn leads CN U730, a train of empty side dump cars, through Forbes, Minnesota towards Duluth where the cars will be loaded with limestone for Minntac.

A trio of EMD SD40's leads iron ore train U717 as it heads towards Duluth, about to cross Sax Road in Sax, Minnesota.

DMIR 405 and two CN SD40-2W's are just completing loading of their train or iron ore taconite pellets at the Fairlane Processing Plant. Once loading is complete the train will be recrewed for its ... (more)

With another load of taconite pellets, CN U791 heads towards Two Harbors behind two EMD's and a GE, passing by a DMIR searchlight signal at Spruce.

An Illinois Central SD40-3 in death star paint leads loaded taconite ore train as it passes through a s-curve just south of Culver, Minnesota on its way to Duluth.

Amtrak's Phase I heritage unit awaits its next assignment at Amtrak's 18th Street Shops on a cool March night. The Chicago skyline stands proudly, lighting up the night in the background.