In the bitter cold, southbound ore loads out of Fairlane let off a cloud of steam as the EMD set heads for the Kelsey siding to meet two northbounds.
Running south down the CN Missabe Sub, this all EMD consist works day in day out pulling ore cars or freight for CN. CN is starting to show signs of replacing these classics with newer GE C40-8's... (more)
A fairly rare color version of a DMIR logo on the side of an ore car.
On a drab, cold winter afternoon in northern Minnesota a taconite train from United Taconite crosses over the frozen Whiteface river as the travel to Proctor, MN.
Limestone empties pull out of the siding at Kelsey after meeting oil empties U763.
A trio of standard cab C40-8 locomotives lead this empty limestone train south over the Whiteface River in Kelsey
The engineer on this loaded ore train hammers these old girls as he gets this heavy ore train back on the move at Kelsey after a meet with X349. This train was loaded at the United Taconite plant ... (more)
BLE 906 runs a load of taconite pellets over the Whiteface River towards Duluth on the old Duluth Missabe & Iron Range. The orange, black, and maroon colors represent the BLE with the SD40T-3 up f... (more)
CN repainted 102 into classic green and gold with the more modern CN logo. It is hard to get it leading as it is used for HEP (head-end-power for the passenger cars) and runs in the trailing posit... (more)
There is snow on the ground and the river is still frozen. That's the reason this E-rail taconite train rolls over the still frozen Whiteface River in Kelsey, MN on it's way to Escanaba, MI to d... (more)
Loaded ore train from Fairlane, MN - Duluth, MN
Taconite pellets for Proctor/Duluth cross over the Whiteface River, north of Kelsey.
BLE 909 is south of Kelsey with a loaded ore train from Minntac.
U718 Minorca Limestone empty pass over the south switch at Kelsey behind a pair of EMDs.
