After waiting for the Canadian Pacific to deliver a BNSF grain train to the elevator in the distance, the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern's Mankato, MN to Aurora, SD manifest is back on the move on a... (more)

Before departing back to the mine to reload, DMIR 400 has to wait for a pellet loader out of Proctor to clear first.

Late afternoon low light during a winter's day with the shadows starting to get long as the sun is well on its way to setting.

Hauling a train of dry ice or hot taconite pellets. Doesn't matter, can't see it anyway.

Empty coal hoppers bound for Wyoming. The track in the foreground appears to be a switching lead, with fresh use almost to the end.

After departing the Minorca taconite plant and dropping down the southside of the Laurentian Divide, CN 2010 applies the throttle going across the yard at Virginia with 144 cars loaded up with ste... (more)

With the moon rising and the sun setting in Ramshaw, Minnesota, the last few minutes of golden light shines on a trio of C40-8's as they slow empty ore train U790 to cross the diamond with the Rai... (more)

With Minntac partially visible in the distance, IC 6252 makes its way down the Minntac sub with a destination back to the yard at Proctor, MN.

DMIR 176 grinds up Proctor Hill with an empty ore train in September of 1987. Much has changed here over the years. The DMIR is now the CN, the line has been single tracked, and a hotel resides in... (more)

After a meet here at Kelsey, MN with a northbound it's time to get back on the move south towards Proctor yard for these steaming taconite pellets. The nearby detector for the northbound rattled ... (more)

The wind was whipping as this empty ore train ran across the open yard at Biwabik along the CN Iron Range sub.

Led by classic first generation hoods, with a former NP unit on the point, this EB freight makes its way across the northern prairies. Photo by unknown, from my collection.

The Prairie Lakes Coop/CHS switcher awaits the next call to service.

This old M&St.L Rwy branch line is getting some new life breathed into it with owners Minnesota Prairie Line. A string of TCWR ballast cars are led by a leased ILSX unit.

Four locomotives lead a lengthy Canadian Pacific train westbound on a blustery spring day in west central Minnesota.