The calm and quiet of nature is disrupted for a few moments by 598 axels of a CN ore train then it's back to calm and quiet again.
Catching just a few muted rays from the sun triple IC SD40-3's roll along with their train of ore cars hauling taconite pellets in tow and the yard at Proctor, MN as the destination.
Taking the turn at Iron Jct. west wye for the trip down the CN Iron Range Sub with a destination of the home terminal at Two Harbors, MN.
A pair of anniversary Dash8's lead a mine shuttle train south down the CN Missabe sub.
Taconite pellets move south for Two Harbors passing through the different colors of the changing seasons.
Skirting the city of Virginia, MN while coming down CN's Rainy Sub after delivering limestone to the Minorca Taconite facility three BLE's are heading back to Proctor yard still a few hours away y... (more)
Hauling taconite pellets down from United Taconite on Minnesota's Iron Range to Proctor yard with three IC's.
Matched Dash 8's pull rock loads from United Taconite's Thunderbird north pit down the Missabe sub and will soon be making the left turn to deliver into United Taconite's Fairlane plant property.
After working the rod and ball track at United Taconite it was then a straight shot up to work the commercial yard at the Minntac taconite plant and now it's time to head back to Keenan yard.
A trio of BLE's (BLE 900, BLE 903, BLE 909) make their way back to the yard at Proctor after delivering and dumping limestone up at the Minntac taconite plant.
After dumping limestone at Minntac, a trio of BLE's come down from the plant with their train in tow.
Bring taconite rock from the mine down towards the plant.
Oil cans roll down the Rainy Sub late afternoon on New Year's Eve.
Humming along through a winter day with the yard at Two Harbors the destination for these steaming taconite pellets.
Taconite pellets bound for Two Harbors make their way along the Missabe sub and will very shortly make the left turn onto the Iron Range sub for the remainder of the seventy-four-mile trip into to... (more)