IC SD40-3 6251 leads ore loads South through Kelsey.

Coming off the CN Iron Range Sub and now shoving into the CN Keenan yard with a long empty ballast train.

Repainted DMIR 404 leads a T bird South at Wolf.

The last two DMIR units left in Missabe maroon on the CN roster work the E-lead in Proctor.

This is the view while looking down on the Royal Gorge Route Railroad from the Royal Gorge Suspension Bridge.

The Harbor Turn makes its return trip from Harbor through the farmland between North Plains and Hillsboro, in the blistering heat that we've been experiencing recently.

The gritty face of a taconite hauler.

Power off the Wheeling & Lake Erie's outbound road job idles at Rook Yard.

A pair of SD40-3 rebuilds leads a GE C40-8 headed South towards Proctor with a loaded Taconite train out of the Thunderbird mine.

A nice run up the Missabe sub from Proctor to load pellets at United Taconite on a nice summer evening.

IC 6251, BLE 906 and DMIR 402 lead empty limestone through Sax.

Between Yard assignments, BLE 907 sits on the "New Lead" just in front of the Battle Creek West Tower. The New Lead serves as pocket for Yard Engines in the East Yard. Even though Im no... (more)

Coming up from Two Harbors, DMIR 406 catches some sun as they pass by the wye used to access the Thunderbird South coarse crusher which came online in 1976 to help feed the Fairlane pellet plant. ... (more)

Signals to depart the yard and head down to Proctor with taconite pellets out of the United Taconite plant.

The evening yard job prepares to spot some barley loads towards Canada Malting. The elevator row rises to the horizon, sadly only three of seven are in operation!