As the blue hour turns towards the dark of night, several power set and trains wait for assignments and crews to take them where they need to go. But for now, all is quiet at Proctor yard.
BN 6254, former CBQ SD24 no. 514, built May 1959, shows off its BN scheme complete with former Burlington Mars lights at Harrison Street roundhouse, Minneapolis.
On duty at 0200 at Proctor, this crew departed the yard and ran up the Missabe sub. with their trio of BLE motors and 138 ore cars for loading here at United Taconite. It's now 1000 and traffic ha... (more)
BN 986 rests at Harrison St. next to the roundhouse in Minneapolis. The former GN NW5 along with NW2s and Alco S-2 switchers were among the oldest power inherited by BN when the merger occurred in... (more)