B&LE 903 pulls empty ore jennies up Proctor Hill after dumping Taconite at the Duluth docks, and back to the Mesabi Iron Range for another trainload.

GTW 5947 gets a roll-out by the carman of Proctor Yard with the days Miscellaneous Road Freight, as a loaded limestone awaits their turn and the E-Lead switch gets their track together.

IC 6264 starts the journey from Proctor Yard to the Mesabi Iron Range to load their empty Jennies with Taconite pellets.

IC&E 6415 leads a mixed freight through the stereotype Iowa small town of Plymouth on the Owatonna Sub.

A rare sight has maroon and orange lashed together in the form of B&LE 906 and DM&IR 215 handling switching duties on CN's Proctor Yard E-Lead. Occasionally a tunnel motor will stand in for the us... (more)

The crew of DM&E 6050 prepares to depart Mason City under the cover of darkness for points east.

B&LE 904 lifts limestone loads out of Missabe Jct. as a taconite load awaits dumping at CN Dock 6 in Duluth. The limestone is bound for the Taconite plants of Minnesota's famed Mesabi Iron Range.

IC 6250 lifts ore empties out of Two Harbors, bound for the Taconite plants of Minnesota's famed Mesabi Iron Range.

FEC 710 leads a northbound Hialeah to Bowden intermodal over the San Sebastian River bridge in St. Augustine, FL

BNSF 8414 leads a ubiquitous loaded coal drag south on the famed Joint Line over the Santa Fe bridge in Larkspur, CO on a lovely Rocky Mountain fall day.

DMIR 215 and 403 work the E-Lead in Proctor Yard. This would turn out to be the last time two maroon painted engines were lashed up together.