A trio of ICs and some Missabe ore cars hauling taconite pellets back to Proctor yard.

Hiding a grungy CN GE in the NE Minnesota landscape.

Cruising back to Proctor yard with three EMDs and Missabe ore cars loaded to the brim with taconite pellets made at the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.

Cruising back to Proctor yard with three EMDs and Missabe ore cars loaded to the brim with taconite pellets.

Their day done its back to the barn for the crew and the CTRR 36 as they pass the Northeastern Saloon, built in 1904, after switching cars for the Sappi Mill who's exhaust is seen in the backgroun... (more)

Coming up the BNSF Lakes sub and taking the right turn onto the BNSF Casco sub at Brookston for the trip up to the Iron Range and Hibbing Taconite to load taconite pellets.

MD&W 22 is about to leave the shop/office and head over to the mill to do some early evening switching at the PCA paper plant.

Just before sunset, another CN train crosses the Rainy River between Ranier, Minnesota, and Fort Frances, Ontario as it leaves the U.S. and enters Canada.

CN 3847 is almost into Canada passing the bevy of security features at speeds of less than ten miles per hour on the single-track lift bridge, built in 1908, which crosses the Rainy River between ... (more)

CN 3233, Salute to Veterans, rounds the corner after just entering the U.S. at Ranier, MN on a frost covering everything morning while a northbound waits for a crew before crossing and heading int... (more)

A SW-10 pulling boxcars at the Packaging Corporation of America (PCA), Boise Paper division which has been making high-quality, dependable paper products for nearly 115 years. As an integrated pul... (more)

A trio of Dash 8s pulling 145 cars of still steaming pellets bound for Two Harbors. Another 30 seconds and this shot would have been blocked by a northbound all-rail taconite train that was headin... (more)

A classic EMD trio and Missabe ore cars carrying taconite pellets south to Proctor yard.

As DMIR 400 rattles over the Missabe era steel bridge over the still frozen Whiteface River, it's hard to tell this is the end of February with NE Minnesota's above average temps and below average... (more)

After waiting for a northbound container train to pass, DMIR 400 now has signals to head south out of the yard at United Taconite and begins the trip back to Proctor yard down the CN Missabe sub.