BLE 906, 904 and 909 make for a very nice tunnel motor trio as they take headroom under CN Dock 6 in Duluth, MN. The loaded Minorca bound limestone train would soon make way up Proctor Hill and in... (more)

In sweet light, a trio of Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motors make their assault on Proctor Hill as they lead a train of loaded limestone to the yard. The clouds were playing games all evening, but... (more)

2 B&LE tunnel motors and a CN widecab deuce lead some steaming taconite fresh from the mine into Proctor yard.

The BLE pair heads north out of Alborn at a rural crossing with empties bound for Fairlane.

A pair of BLEs and a CN motor bring this northbound empty through Bear Trap Curve in a light drizzle.

A pair of BLEs and a CN motor begin their descent down Proctor Hill on a soggy morning, with steaming pellets to be unloaded at the dock.

With a Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motor and a CN Anniversary Dash 8 on the point, CN U731 rounds the bend as it comes off the main on the Missabe Sub and on to the lead into the Fairlane Taconite... (more)

A TBird mine shuttle with a BLE duo as power heads south on a nice spring morning with rock for the plant.

Loading rock at the mine on a cold spring day.

BLE 906 and sister 909 make a nice-looking combo as they glide down from the mine to the plant working a mine shuttle job.

A BLE duo pulls taconite rock south on the CN Missabe sub.

It seems like when temps hit the -20 mark, the diesels start steaming. In my experience the second generation EMD’s produce a pretty good show, but the real steamers are the new Tier 4 GEVO’s.... (more)

Just ahead of an approaching cloud, BLE 906 and CN 5459 head north through Wolf, MN.

A B&LE tunnel motor (SD40T-3) and a CN SD60 hustle north across the Cloquet River in Burnett, MN.

BLE duo pulling 114 cars of taconite rock from the mine heading towards the plant entering the N. Fairlane switch off the CN Missabe sub and onto plant property shortly.