Two loaded taconite trains are at the lead into Proctor Yard on a sunny March morning. IC 6252 in death star paint is in the lead of one as it pulls into the yard while the other waits.

A limestone train for United Taconite departs Duluth while another train dumps its load of iron ore on Dock 6. The James R Barker is at the shiploader while the Roger Blough is on the east (right)... (more)

CSXT 4027 and CSXT 393 lay over at Beauharnois beside a cut of tank cars.

With an Illinois Central SD40-3 on the point, three EMD's haul a heavy taconite train into CN's Proctor Yard on their way to the docks in Duluth.

After delivering it's cargo of limestone to the U.S. Steel Minntac taconite plant, the empty leaves the property and heads back to the yard at Proctor.

CP SD40-3 5107 leads CP G45 east onto the IHB in Franklin Park.

A trio of EMD SD40's leads iron ore train U717 as it heads towards Duluth, about to cross Sax Road in Sax, Minnesota.

B788-06 (Buffalo, NY - Selkirk, NY) with a pair of SD40-3s in Guilderland Center.

An Illinois Central SD40-3 in death star paint leads loaded taconite ore train as it passes through a s-curve just south of Culver, Minnesota on its way to Duluth.

Diesel exhaust and taconite pellet steam fills the air behind CN U717 as Illinois Central SD40-3 6252 leads the heavy train towards Duluth.

106 grain loads are headed west on the Gilman Sub with a classic deathstar SD40-3 in charge. A short time later, the crew would shove to the Cargill plant in town.

An Illinois Central deathstar SD40-3 is in charge of 106 grain empties, as the crew shoves down the Gilman Sub to the Cargill plant for loading. Certainly not what I expected to be shooting this m... (more)

IC deathstar SD40-3 6252 leads loaded taconite train U717 as it traverses the Minntac Sub towards Proctor Yard, passing under the Rainy Sub in Munger, Minnesota.

Loaded iron ore train CN U717 crosses over the Whiteface River in Kelsey, Minnesota behind a trio of EMD's.