One hundred twenty nine loads of taconite pellets start the trip south from the United Taconite plant down the CN Missabe sub to the yard at Proctor, MN behind IC 6252 and DMIR 405.
A few miles into the southbound trip down the CN Missabe sub back to Proctor with fresh pellet loads and a quick look over the shoulder reveals exhaust plumes that United Taconite is still running... (more)
Rolling along the CN Missabe Sub which parallels Highway 7 for several miles through the Zim/Sax bog wildlife area, DMIR 409 leads two bigger Dash 8's pulling pellets from United Taconite. With r... (more)