The Keenan switch waits on the Sheldon Junction connecting track for a northbound ore empties bound for Minorca. It is getting harder and harder to catch solid Missabe consists.

On a frigid Minnesota morning, DMIR 308 and 316 idle near the Keenan yard office before their call to duty. Both of these old-timers are slated for retirement, unfortunetaly sooner rather then lat... (more)

The 08:00 Keenan switch rounds the north leg of the wye leading into Keenan yard as the sun finally makes an appearance.

The Keenan switch job rushes back to Keenan Yd with cars off the interchange track at Shelton Jct. The pair of veteran SD-M's will turn back later in the day returning a cut of cars to Shelton Jct... (more)

Two of the three remaining Missabe SD-Ms (316/308) lead a short switch job back to Keenan Yard in sub-zero temps.

Loaded crude ore train for the Fairlane pellet plant nears its destination with two of the three surviving SD-Ms on the former DM&IR (out of 22 at their peak).

Empty crude ore train departs the Fairlane pellet plant with two of the three surviving SD-Ms on the former DM&IR (out of 22 at their peak).

An empty T-Bird crude ore train prepares to head back to the mine behind 316 while 207 has just finished loading a pellet train at United Taconite.

After a brief stop at a red signal, the train puts on a smoke show as they get moving again. Two rebuilt SD18's and two SD38-2's power the train.

Crew died on hours at Coons after battling snow the night before. Ore loads for Escanaba.

An SD-18 leads a southbound through Iron Junction.

SD-M 316 (ex-SD18 186, built 4/60) and two SD38-2s (213 and 210, built 3/75) slowly pull a Fairlane train over the weigh-in-motion scale at the north end of Proctor.

645 power assemblies be darned, the 316 sure sounded like a 567 pulling hard on taconite pellets enroute to Proctor and the lake. Chasing the 316 around for a few days and witnessing her doing he... (more)

Due to many tunnel motors in the shops for electrical issues, SD-M 316 (ex-SD18 186, built 4/60) found itself on the point of Fairlane loads bound for the lake. Shown struggling in the 8th notch ... (more)

Due to many tunnel motors in the shops for electrical issues, SD-M 316 found itself on the point of 138 loads out of Fairlane bound for the lake. My first experience of pacing a 567 at speed on a... (more)