Always nice to see one leading since there are only three former DMIR 400-series tunnel motors currently working for CN in northeastern Minnesota.

DMIR 409 along with IC 6252 pull taconite loads from United Taconite and within a few more feet hit the CN Missabe sub for the run down to Proctor, MN.

Sailing along the CN Missabe sub with fresh baked taconite pellets for the yard at Proctor, MN.

Departing for Proctor, MN

With fresh snow falling , a trio of DMIR EMD's led by DMIR 409 is getting ready to depart United Taconite for Proctor with fresh baked taconite pellets that will be bound for the dock at Duluth, M... (more)

Getting ready to depart United Taconite for Proctor with fresh baked taconite pellets that will be bound for the dock at Duluth, MN.

Sounding as good as they looked running down the CN Missabe for Proctor with a matched trio of DMIR marked EMD's leading the way.

DMIR 409, DMIR 404 and DMIR 402 pull loads of taconite pellets down the Missabe sub at Kelsey, MN. Elevation is rare at this location but thanks to a CN front end loader crew doing snow removal a... (more)

A trio of DMIR tunnel motors and 135 DMIR built ore cars full of taconite pellets traveling down the Missabe Sub from the Iron Range to Proctor.

Twenty before the sun sets on the first day of June, CN 5244 pulls out from under the loadout pocket at United taconite's Fairlane plant with 138 cars of pellets for dock at Duluth, MN while in th... (more)

Ridiculously cold weather (-34 plus a wind chill at the time of this photo) across northern Minnesota as polar vortex envelopes the region but the trains are still moving albeit it takes a little ... (more)

Taconite loads from United Taconite pull into the yard at Proctor having come full circle from where they left earlier in the day which is still visible two tracks over to the right from where the... (more)

With the tail end of the 135 car train still rattling the old Missabe era steel bridge over the Cloquet river, this U717 pellet train continues it's trip south towards Proctor, MN.

Three matched classic EMD SD40-3's and 135 ore cars filled with 14000 tons of taconite arrive at Proctor yard as darkness begins to descend along with the snow.

Gliding through the S curve at Culver, MN as the snow falls.