A trio of Illinois Central SD40s bring fresh taconite pellets south on this frigid morning.

IC SD40-3 6260 leads U714's train into Iron Junction.

IC SD40-3 6260 leads 67 limestone empties back towards Proctor.

IC 6252 leads taconite loads under the former DW&P main at Munger as they head to Proctor yard.

After the triple set of BLE orange units came the triple set of DMIR 40's and now here's the latest installment of cool things on the former Missabe, the IC 40's in triplicate. IC 6252 leads pell... (more)

IC SD40-3 6252 heads north towards Rainier, MN with train L567.

IC SD40-3 6252 heads north between Keenan and Fairlane on the Missabe Sub with local train L567.

Two EMD's from CSX lead an empty ethanol train around a curve on the Minnesota Prairie Line just west of Norwood Young America, MN.

A pair of C40-8s bookended by IC SD40-3s lift Minntac limestone loads up Proctor Hill.

It's always nice to be able to pull over and just listen as these old veterans approach at track speed doing what they are supposed to do and that's earn revenue for the CN mothership.

IC SD40-2 6260 departs Proctor with Southbound ore loads and begins the descent down Proctor Hill.

BLE909 904 and 906 haul 46 empties thru Iron

As the thick cloud cover clears away, DMIR 400, DMIR 406 and DMIR 409 call to depart Minntac for Two Harbors with favorable signals for the start of the journey they drop down the hill at m.p. 5 o... (more)

It's a cold morning hauling hot taconite pellets as IC 6254 emerges from the shadows heading south for Proctor, MN.

IC 6252 leads a T-bird South through Wolf.