Waiting for the Missabe to come out of Lakehead Storage.
A pair of repainted Missabe Tunnel Motors sandwich an IC SD40-3 on ore empties for Minntac.
A grungy 404 leads a repainted sister and B&LE 909 up Proctor Hill with 28 limestone loads for Minntac.
Strong winds out of the northwest have cleared morning clouds but brought in a wind chill approaching -30F. That doesn't stop a loaded ore train from arriving and an empty from departing Proctor.... (more)
DM&IR 404 leads 136 cars of ore towards Two Harbors.
Two tunnel motor repaints lead SD-M 303 and 136 ore loads towards Two Harbors.
The taconite plant at Mountain Iron can be seen on the hill behind the train as another load heads for the Iron Range sub and Two Harbors.
A train loaded with limestone heads north to the Minntac mine with a grubby looking unit on the point
404 drops down the 3% grade into Two Harbors.
404 is about to drop down the 3% grade into Two Harbors.
Looking a little dusty, CN (exDMIR) 404 rounds the curve on the way to the scales at Highland.
CN 404, DMIR 213, DMIR 410
One of four repainted ex-Missabe tunnel motors leads a train of Unitac pellets into Proctor.
Empty for Minntac with one of four repainted DMIR units leading.
