That low winter light looks good plastered on the side of this all EMD power set and ore cars complete with a little bit of steam rising as the cold air mingles with the fresh taconite pellets.

It's a balmy fresh minus 34 degrees as this train heads south with steaming taconite pellet loads from the Minntac plant bound for the yard at Proctor, MN. The cars on the road were filled with &... (more)

Fresh off North Americas largest taconite operation, U.S. Steel Minntac property, BLE 909 hauls steaming taconite pellets south for Proctor yard and ultimately the storage facility at CN's dock un... (more)

Humming along passing through Iron Jct., MN, BLE 909 heads back to Proctor, MN with ore cars used to deliver limestone to the Minorca mine.

A few minutes into their trip and a few miles south of Minorca Jct., BLE 906 heads back to Proctor, MN on a typical fall afternoon.

A trio of pumpkins dodge clouds as they head back to Proctor.

After delivering limestone loads up to the Minorca mine near Virginia, MN, a trio of BLE leads the cars back down to Proctor, MN passing through Iron Jct. on the way.

A trio of BLE orange hustle 48 loads of limestone north along the CN Missabe sub heading for the Minorca mine near Virginia, MN.

Loading rock at the mine on a cold spring day.

BLE 906 and sister 909 make a nice-looking combo as they glide down from the mine to the plant working a mine shuttle job.

A nice spring snow falls on BLE 909 as they head off the Minntac sub shortly and will then run down the Missabe sub back to Proctor with these empty limestone cars.

U.S. Steel Minntac made taconite pellets head to Proctor, MN behind DMIR 409. Just imagine how good her maroon paint would look in this low winter afternoon light.

Staged and ready. BLE 906 waits patiently for the green light from the mine before shoving under the coarse crusher to load.

BLE 906 and DMIR 409 pause and wait for clearance from the mine operations before they shove under the coarse crusher loadout and begin the process of loading.

BLE 909 leads the way back to Proctor with limestone empties while spring snows fall.