Cold weather railroading at it's finest. It's -27 degrees below zero just after sunrise and the crew is returning to their train which can seen steaming away on the load-out track. They will con... (more)
Cold weather railroading at it's finest. It's -27 degrees below zero just after sunrise and the crew had to stop loading their train to wye the power because of "issues". Once back together with... (more)
Three matching units haul 74 loads south to a crew change as Greenville as they march through the swamp.
The sound this train make was amazing. From miles away the engines could be heard straining in Run 8 as they dug in through the snow storm and lugged 74 loads towards Greenville and a new crew.
Loads dig in as they head for Greenville in a whiteout blizzard.
Trio of Bessemer motors grind through the curves as they lug 74 loads up the grade headed for Bessemer. This was a momentary lull in the major snow squalls.
A trio a B&LE units look good together as they roll southbound down the Missabe Subdivision with U.S. Steel Minntac taconite pellets steaming away behind them as they head for Proctor.
After being tagged and then stopped by a suspect hotbox detector the conductor had the joy of walking the train in -10 degree weather and found nothing wrong. The conductor is back on board agai... (more)
A B&LE trio heads down the hill from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant, which is the world's largest taconite processing plant, with another train of fresh made taconite pellets heading to Proctor, MN.... (more)
A trio of B&LE engines roar southbouth down the Missabe Subdivision at N. Fairlane with steaming Minntac taconite pellets trailing.
This Bessemer & Lake Erie SD9 (former DMIR 136) is probably working the yard just north of here. Note that we have three moving trains here, two up on the Penn Central main.
Green trees and orange engines as a trio of Bessemer's roll southbound with taconite pellets from U.S. Steel Minntac.
Codeline, Bessemer, and Taconite pellets. May not scream Missabe completely, but still shouts US Steel!
With a seemingly endless train of ore cars in tow, the infamous (and rare!) trio Bessemer motors thunders down the Missabe towards the Iron Range.
The rare B&LE trio thunders through Munger in a snow squall as they head for United Taconite and a long day on 'da Range.
