Nice trio of CN SD40-2W's hustle an empty Minorca or Minntac limestone train back to Proctor. Normally only Minorca receives limestone by ore jennies, but lately it appears Minntac has been as wel... (more)

An IC-BLE-IC lash handles a loaded tac train across the Whiteface River.

Another train of taconite pellets leaves the Iron Range of northern Minnesota bound for Proctor then Duluth and then a boat for a steel mill somewhere.

An impressive collection of power on the head-end of the L594 as it rolls over the Whiteface river at Kelsey, MN on it's way to Proctor from the Iron Range. Leading the train was CN GP40-2W 9544 f... (more)

L568 rolls south on New Years Day.

Just south of Kelsey this trio of Bessemer tunnel motors roars by the distant signal headed for Proctor.

Although I suspect the "two thumbs up" displayed by the engineer on B&LE 906 was intended for his fellow CN employee, I felt the sign was just as appropriate for capturing the noses of two U.S. St... (more)

Long gone from the CN active roster and shown in better days, this SD-M of the former DM&IR/ Missabe Road days was earning it's keep on this snowy New Years Day retrieiving a bad order set-out an... (more)

There are five BLE's working the former Missabe, every once in a while they'll get put together making for a cool consist to chase. Here the 903 and 909 lead a repainted IC SD40-2 with another lo... (more)

Perfect Day. Perfect Light. Perfect Leader. DM&IR 403 leads 140 loads of taconite pellets south down the Missabe Subdivision towards Proctor on a unseasonably warm January day in northern Minneso... (more)

Sailing along at track spped, CN 6021 leads the fresh taconite pellets over the frozen Whiteface River as they continue southward for Proctor, MN.

Minorca Limestone empties cross over the Whiteface River at Kelsey, MN

After experiencing engine trouble the crew did what they could to get it going but attempts where unsuccessful so the I.C. 6256 is being shoved south by two CSX engines who left their train in the... (more)

CN 8895 leads 140 BNSF ore cars north on the Missabe Subdivision while sister 8811 shoves on the rear. This train is the second to load at CN-served Minntac and deliver its train to BNSF's Allouez... (more)

The CN SD60F, CN SD75I and a DM&IR SD40-3 pull 144 steaming loads and eight empties southbound down the Missabe Subdivision and a January afternoon with temps. near 30 degrees--above zero!