After landing at Minneapolis-Saint Paul we drove directly to Duluth to see what would be running for the afternoon. A friend told us that there was an empty ore train coming off Dock 6, and we wer... (more)

After landing at Minneapolis-Saint Paul we drove directly to Duluth to see what would be running for the afternoon. A friend told us that there was an empty ore train coming off Dock 6, and we wer... (more)

Empties head west into Munger late in the day, passing underneath the Rainy Sub, also known as the ex DWP main.

402 begins its journey downhill, bringing loads to the dock.

Lancaster & Chester train 14 crossing over Cane Creek

Cutting through the long shadows of a short winter afternoon on the way back to Proctor yard.

Coming out of United Taconite with steaming pellets bound for Proctor as a railfan captures the moment.

Coming up from Two Harbors to set out and pick up at Keenan yard, DMIR 400 now steps off the Missabe sub and onto the east leg of the wye onto the Iron Range sub for the return trip back to Two Ha... (more)

DMIR 400 departs Keenan Yard with the Southbound MRF to Two Harbors.

TRC's afternoon train to Searles glides through the high desert near the Trona Pinnacles. Moments like this, watching SP SD40s roll through beautiful scenery while the purr of the 645 diesels mixe... (more)

After turning their power around on the wye, TRC puts together their outbound train. Most of the train is comprised of empty mineral hoppers, with a few chemical tank cars, and one Department of D... (more)

The low light towards the end of a winter's day bathes this U717 from United Taconite as their hot taconite pellets move south for the yard at Proctor, MN.

Asking for and receiving the necessary lights to leave the plant's yard and head back to the mine's course crusher to reload taconite rock before returning and doing it all over again.

DMIR 409 leads an empty limestone train south at Burnett Road in Culver, MN destined for Proctor.

RJ Corman's aluminum train slows to a stop at the north end of Ft Estill siding in Richmond, KY, to meet a southbound CSX freight. The "Alcan Express" moves aluminum ingots from the plan... (more)