A trio of Dash 8s pulling 145 cars of still steaming pellets bound for Two Harbors. Another 30 seconds and this shot would have been blocked by a northbound all-rail taconite train that was headin... (more)

A classic EMD trio and Missabe ore cars carrying taconite pellets south to Proctor yard.

As DMIR 400 rattles over the Missabe era steel bridge over the still frozen Whiteface River, it's hard to tell this is the end of February with NE Minnesota's above average temps and below average... (more)

After waiting for a northbound container train to pass, DMIR 400 now has signals to head south out of the yard at United Taconite and begins the trip back to Proctor yard down the CN Missabe sub.

Just beating out the long shadows towards the end of the afternoon, an all EMD power set leads an empty limestone train down from the Minntac taconite plant and heads for Proctor.

Still a somewhat shiny new leader running down the CN Rainy Sub crossing the Ramshaw diamond as they head south.

More marbles from the Minntac taconite plant bound for Two Harbors.

After coming down from Ranier, MN and now having completed their work at Keenan yard, L568 is on the move south with a healthy 400 axels train for Proctor.

A cold early morning departure has some steam coming off the new pellets as they descend down the hill from the Minntac taconite plant.

Coming up from Proctor to load at United Taconite before returning back to Proctor and all the while not seeing much but the fog covered landscape.

Moving along under the cover of fog.

The crew has finished loading 145 ore cars up at Minntac has called for signals to depart and head back towards Two Harbors. RTC has given them the lights to proceed.

After completing their work at Keenan yard, CN 5485 has reassembled the train and starts to pull on Main 1 and thus starting the race to the end of the double track section on the CN Missabe sub a... (more)

A long empty all-rail taconite train slows for the upcoming stop before shoving into Keenan yard where the train will be split and staged until their load time at the U.S. Steel Minntac plant beco... (more)

A quiet Saturday morning that still has some patchy fog hanging in the air finds a three-person crew performing some switching moves alongside the Blandin paper mill near downtown Grand Rapids, MN... (more)