Heading to Proctor with ore from United Taconite.
A CN empty iron ore train heads northbound past a clearing on a late summer evening.
A southbound empty limestone train races into a brewing storm
Compared to the trip up from Proctor in the fog, the skies have now cleared nicely for IC 6261 as it leads a southbound taconite train from U.S. Steel, Minntac along the straight stretch of the CN... (more)
A BNSF empty taconite train blasts northbound through the winter landscape on the way to Minnesota's Iron Range.
While SD9s are not that uncommon in Northern Minnesota, they are rarely sighted leading trains on the mainline. Here the 1728 leads a CWR train through the vast swamps near Meadowlands, Minnesota.
