Conductor at work aboard a southbound CN passenger special, using passenger cars from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum's collection
The Proctor to Two Harbor local, (also called the MRF), rolls north along highway 7 between Kelsey and Forbes with a hefty train of 70 loads and 30 empties. Most of the loads are limestone cars fo... (more)
A new pair of trains are running between Winnipeg and Chicago to handle the extra stack and auto traffic. Here right after sunsise Q117 heads up the Missabe Sub north of Kelsey near MP 54. Partly ... (more)
U711 heads back to Proctor with 131 cars of steaming iron ore. This train just got loaded at Minntac Mine at Iron Mountain, MN, and is bound for the docks at Duluth, MN. The train is seen here pas... (more)
An All-Rail empty train out of Steelton, MN, heads north towards Minntac Mine near Iron Mountain for loading. This train is passing thru Fairlane and is still 15 miles left to Minntac. This train ... (more)
With 141 loads in tow, this loaded ore trains works out of the morning fog and they past MP 53 as they work their way back to Proctor Yard. These train loaded at United Taconite's Plant at Fairlan... (more)
The 1st train out of the Thunderbird Mine today at Largo is about done with its 1st trip as they arrive at United Taconite's plant near Forbes, MN. 100 loads of raw iron ore is heading to the plan... (more)
With 140 ore jennies in tow these 2 tunnel motors work hard to get this train up to speed after leaving Fairlane. From Fairlane the train will travel 58 miles to Duluth Docks via Proctor Yard. Thi... (more)
All 140 cars are loaded and the train is ready to go at the United Taconite Plant at Fairlane. After the conductor gets on board this ore train will pull out of Fairlane for the 58 miles trip to D... (more)
Each day there is 2 sets of T-Bird trains that haul raw iron ore between Largo and Fairlane for United Taconite. The trains usually leave the opposite ends at the same time which allows for a mee... (more)
