A cold trip across the frozen landscape that is the Zim/Sax bog in NE Minnesota. These still steaming taconite pellets from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant are destined for Convent, LA approximately... (more)
A northbound train from Proctor heads up the CN Missabe sub bound for the United Taconite plant to load the trailing ore cars with marbles on National Train Day Eve.
BLE 906 leads the L567 (Proctor to Ranier) freight north on the Missabe sub with a planned stop at Keenan yard shortly to drop off the trailing unit and do some work before continuing onward.
Just underway down the CN Missabe sub for a quiet and uneventful trip to the yard at Proctor.
As the early morning sun rises, we are pacing alongside former DMIR Tunnel Motor 408 as it cruises northbound on the Missabe Sub towards Zim, Minnesota with a train of ore empties in tow for loadi... (more)
M347 thunders north on the Missabe Subdivision after having PTC issues. Heavy snow begins to fall, quite the foreign visitor for the Iron Range territory leads. CN 3023, the EJ&E heritage leads th... (more)
A trio of SD40's and old DMIR ore cars loaded to the brim with steaming taconite pellets rolling down the Missabe sub bound for Proctor, MN.
Pellet steam billows off the train of taconite pellets as two DMIR SD40T-3's and an IC SD40-3 cruise south through Zim, Minnesota as they lead U717 towards Proctor.
Two DMIR SD40T-3's and an IC SD40-3 cruise along Highway 7 in Zim, Minnesota as they lead U717 south towards Proctor. The loads of freshly baked taconite pellets steam in the cold air, while steam... (more)
Coming up the CN Missabe sub from Proctor yard to load pellets at United Taconite, IC 6261 is about 45 minutes away from the loadout pocket.
A nice quartet leading an empty limestone train back to Proctor on a sunny afternoon.
Under darkening skies, IC 6252 has just departed United Taconite and is underway hauling pellets towards CN's Proctor yard on the CN Missabe sub.
DMIR 409 leads ore loads South through Zim on a nice sunny morning on the iron range.
Taconite pellets made at the United Taconite plant start the journey south towards Proctor, MN under more clouds than sun.
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.
