Mostly dumped Difco side dumps return south from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant back to Proctor. CN and Minntac use these old DM&IR lettered Difco's to deliver limestone to plant in the cold winter ... (more)
After bringing up limestone from Proctor to the Minntac plant, CN 2039 backhauls a 50-car train of crushed taconite rock (blast furnace trim) as they head back to Proctor.
After delivering limestone loads up to U.S. Steel Minntac, CN 2004 moved down to the rock track to spot the empties and attempted to pick up loads of BFT rock, but one car door was open, so they a... (more)