DMIR 404 comes into Proctor yard with iron ore pellets for the dock while a freight is departing.

Heading for home with taconite pellets in tow behind a nice-looking set of IC deathstars.

Northern Minnesota's snowless winter of 2023 is evident.

Hauling steaming iron ore pellets back to Proctor yard.

A little spring snow falls on a quiet trip back to Proctor yard.

Iron ore pellets southbound from the Iron Range to Proctor yard.

Just before sunset, BLE 900 gets lights out of United Taconite and starts the pull back to Proctor yard.

Iron ore loads from United Taconite head south on the CN Missabe Sub smashing bugs on the windshield along the way back to Proctor.

Heading back to Proctor yard with iron ore pellets from United Taconite.

It wasn't a cold morning, but the weather conditions were right to create the steam coming off the iron ore pellets that are loaded into part of CN's new fleet of cars as they head south for Proct... (more)

A bluebird weather day as U717 rolls south through the bog with new ore cars filled with steaming iron ore pellets.

After a meet with a northbound limestone here at Kelsey, it's back underway southbound for Proctor yard.

The sun has set, and things are getting colder in the yard at United taconite as a pellet train prepares to leave and head back to Proctor and a T-Bird is almost dumped out from bringing more rock... (more)

A late afternoon departure with iron ore pellets bound for Proctor yard.

On its maiden run back to Proctor yard, CN 3323 waits in the siding at Kelsey for a meet with a northbound limestone train led by CN 3203. Big GEs and like it or not, this will be the face of the... (more)