U716 loads at UTAC's Fairlane processing plant with BLE 909-904-906 for power. Once loaded, the 137 car train will head back south to Proctor as U717. There are five B&LE tunnel motors assigned to... (more)
The sun has now dipped below the horizon and thus brings to the end the first day of 2024 as a trio of BLE motors glide along on the southbound trip back to Proctor with 137 cars of taconite pelle... (more)
BLE 909 leads an empty limestone train south at Munger, MN where the former Missabe mainline from Iron Jct. to Proctor, MN goes under the former DW&P main from Virginia, MN to Nopeming Jct., MN. C... (more)
A Southern Pacific freight heads east along the "beautiful" Los Angeles River on the Union Pacific's Los Angeles Sub, which it uses to head south ("railroad east") through this part of downtown Lo... (more)
US Sugar’s newest acquisition, USSC 6324, sitting at the South Shops, almost ready to enter service. 6324 is originally a Cotton Belt tunnel motor, eventually being acquired by US Sugar from Wes... (more)