Diesel exhaust and taconite pellet steam fills the air behind CN U717 as Illinois Central SD40-3 6252 leads the heavy train towards Duluth.

IC deathstar SD40-3 6252 leads loaded taconite train U717 as it traverses the Minntac Sub towards Proctor Yard, passing under the Rainy Sub in Munger, Minnesota.

An Illinois Central Deathstar SD40-3 and two DMIR tunnel motors let out a puff of smoke as they haul a heavy train of taconite pellets towards Duluth. The train is about to clear the N. Coons cont... (more)

An Illinois Central Deathstar SD40-3 and two DMIR tunnel motors break the silence on a perfectly clear morning as their ore train roars through the South Alborn control point.

IC 6252 and DMIR 402 lead a misc. road freight up from Two Harbors heading to CN Keenan yard with concentrate loads from Northshore Mining and wood siding from the Louisiana Pacific plant. These ... (more)

An IC SD40-2 and an epic EMD lashup bring an empty ore train past DMIR searchlights at Ramshaw in Iron Junction, MN.

Running thru a sliver of sunlight, IC 6252 leads 145 empty ore cars around the curve at Biwabik heading up to the Minorca mine for loading.

IC 6252 and two other EMDs grind up Proctor Hill with R922 in tow.

The first ship of the season, the James R. Barker, backs toward CN ore dock No. 6 while a crew pulls empties off the dock and a BNSF coal train unloads across the bay at Midwest Energy.

Just minutes before the afternoon sunlight will tuck behind the hills, the afternoon PRS job begins their pull up the grade from Duluth with empty vintage DM&IR ore cars in tow after a delivery of... (more)

An Illinois Central EMD SD40-3 leads an ore train into the yard near Proctor, Minn.

A fairly clean EMD power set shoves 48 empty ore cars past the laker Joseph L. Block that is in the process of unloading limestone. The limestone will be loaded into the ore cars 6252 is positioni... (more)

Not a great place to suffer a derailment. A light power set running around its ore train on the approach to Dock 6 had the lead truck of 6252 derail at a crossover, fortunately at slow speed. This... (more)

Empties bound for Minorca hammer across the DW&P

Limestone loads heading north through Munger on the old DM&IR behind a colorful assortment of IC and CN power.