DMIR 403 leads the way pulling 141 cars of taconite pellets out of the yard track at United Taconite ( some of which can be seen above the 403 ) and onto the CN Missabe Sub ( foreground ) as they ... (more)

DMIR 403, DMIR 408 and DMIR 402 lead 141 cars of pellets from United Taconite off the yard track at Fairlane for Proctor while BLE 903 paired with CN 2111 wait on the running track to lead a T-Bir... (more)

A pair of former Frisco switchers shove gondolas loaded with scrap towards Rices Point as a CN ore train arrives overhead.

It's a cool minus eleven degrees and the wind chill is about minus 30 degrees or so and this U-717 from United Taconite is loaded out and ready to depart for Proctor at just about sunset on a Dece... (more)

A U-717 with 141 cars is loaded out and ready to depart United Taconite at 2200 hrs. with DM&IR 403 in charge of the trip back south to Proctor. A green glow from the yard signal and the plant it... (more)

With winter holding on and snow falling, CN 5318 is leading 144 ore cars north along the CN Missabe Sub rolling through Alborn while continuing on for loading at United Taconite on Minnesota's Ir... (more)

Tax day finds snow falling and CN 5318 leading ore empties north along the CN Missabe Sub for loading at United Taconite on Minnesota's Iron Range.

Another train of taconite pellets leaves the Iron Range of northern Minnesota bound for Proctor then Duluth and then a boat for a steel mill somewhere.

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)

Steaming ore cars coated with frost from their morning below zero trip from the mine arrive at Proctor.

A pellet train from United Taconite rolls through Saginaw and north Coons as they continue towards Proctor. The lack of snow so far this year probably has more to do with no visible snowmobile tr... (more)

Another classic consist of EMD power put together by the forces at Proctor leads 142 cars of pellets from United Taconite back to the scales at Proctor.