Loaded out and ready to head back to Proctor with 144 loads of taconite pellets, the crew on board has the windows open to enjoy the first day of temps in the 60's (above zero!) in months here in ... (more)

Arriving and now departing under the cover of darkness, the crew on board CN 6024 calls RTC to say they are loaded out and ready to depart Fairlane and head back to Proctor with 144 loads of tacon... (more)

A relief crew arrives by van to take these pellet loads back to Proctor, MN while a T-Bird train inches up along side to illuminate the train so the new crew can release the handbrakes before take... (more)

Cold weather railroading at it's finest. It's -27 degrees below zero just before sunrise and the exhaust from the plant is hanging over the small yard while the crew is having issues loading their... (more)

Cold weather railroading at it's finest. It's -27 degrees below zero just before sunrise and the crew had to stop loading their train (seen in the distance) to wye the power because of "issues". ... (more)

Cold weather railroading at it's finest. It's -27 degrees below zero just after sunrise and the crew is returning to their train which can seen steaming away on the load-out track. They will con... (more)

Cold weather railroading at it's finest. It's -27 degrees below zero just after sunrise and the crew had to stop loading their train to wye the power because of "issues". Once back together with... (more)

Loaded out and ready to depart the United Taconite Fairlane plant with 144 loads after northbound traffic on the Missabe Sub clears they will head south for Proctor, MN.

A BNSF taconite train finishes loading in the early morning hours at United Taconite while the fog and clouds roll in making for a dramatic sky just as the sun begins to rise. Once loaded, the cr... (more)

You can see the curvature of the earth from up here. A short T-Bird train comes into the United Taconite coarse crusher for loading. CN and the mine were doing a test to see whether three shorter ... (more)

These two old girls have been together for a long time. 40 years ago they were created to serve in the tunnels out West, grinding out long trains on the Southern Pacific/SSW. In the '90s they were... (more)

With an outlaw crew aboard the 2112 two T-birds sit at United Taconite waiting to load with raw ore.

A T-Bird train pulls out of United Taconite and past several former Missabe ore cars that derailed a few days earlier on the same train. CN has decided to scrap them so they will soon be cut-up an... (more)

In a somewhat rare at least for this winter snowstorm, the crew on board DM&IR 405 has to be discussing what kind of moron is out taking train pictures during a snowstorm while they pull up to tak... (more)

The DM&IR 403 leads 140 loads off the yard track and onto the Missabe Subdivision main under perfect conditions, much to the delight of several railfans who assembled on the area to chase it back ... (more)