Loaded and pulling hard.
Ore loads at Iron Junction behind a now-rare DM&IR SD-M. This unit was built by EMD in April 1960 as SD18 No. 177, and was rebuilt by the Missabe shop forces into SD-M No. 308 in 1988. Its days ... (more)
With the UTU strike going on in Canada, there were several CN trains running on the former Missabe main line. Here's SD60F 5555 at Iron Junction.
The 214 and 223 get a loaded crude ore train up to a high enough speed to blow dust from the cars as the train nears Nomi.
Kickin' up some fresh snow as it passes the last of the fall colors, an empty T-Bird train pulls through Iron Junction.
An SD-18 leads a southbound through Iron Junction.
Ore empties hit the diamond at Ramshaw as they return from Two Harbors. This is the first snow of the season in Missabe country.
Southbound on the old DW&P. A snowy autumn day in Minnesota.
Pellets out of Minntac jump on the Two Harbors line at Iron Juntion.
I was hoping to catch some brilliant fall colors. But instead, I caught a cold, and the first blinding snowstorm of the season. You gotta love steaming pellets in the snow!
An SD18 and SD9M lead a long train of stubby ore jennies at Iron Junction.
CN 404, DMIR 213, DMIR 410
DMIR 416 leads a loaded ore train from Minntac to Two Harbors, MN.
DMIR 400 and 414 light power move Keenan to Allen Jct.
