A quiet Saturday morning that still has some patchy fog hanging in the air finds a three-person crew performing some switching moves alongside the Blandin paper mill near downtown Grand Rapids, MN... (more)
A rare Friday run from Kelly Lake going up to serve the Minorca mine and the run back to Kelly Lake takes this crew through the mostly empty CN Keenan yard. This job makes the run utilizing track... (more)
Due to congestion on the CN, a late-running Kelly Lake Local coming back from the Minorca mine with five empty bentonite cars slowly cruising by the former GN depot in Hibbing, MN on a Friday afte... (more)
After departing Superior, WI, the Rapids local has set out the cars they needed too in Cloquet for the Sappi mill then will continue on to Grand Rapids and the Blandin mill there to set out the re... (more)
Late afternoon and BNSF's Grand Rapids local out of Superior, WI arrives in the yard to drop off most of their train to interchange with the Cloquet Terminal RR who will in turn switch the Sappi m... (more)
The Rapids local out of Superior, Wisconsin pulls to a stop in Cloquet, Minnesota and will set out most of it's train here for interchange with the Cloquet Terminal RR that will in turn switch th... (more)
Two recently refurbished SD40-2s lead a pair of repainted geeps west toward Grand Rapids, Minnesota on the Lakes Subdivision.
Happy New Years! Rapids Local thunders through fresh powder onto the the New Year! Hopefully the crew will be home before that though!
When I see this much orange in November I automatically think deer hunting but in this case it is a BNSF new-hire training class with 1663 providing the power.