A trio of EMD power lead 136 cars of pellets south down the CN Missabe Sub for Proctor on a clear winter day. It looks like these EMD's days are numbered as CN has began replacing these older EMD... (more)

CN 2119 takes the switch into the Fairlane taconite plant with loads of rock from the mine.

DMIR 409 rumbles south on the CN Missabe Sub after departing U.S. Steel Minntac. They will encounter several northbound CN freights along their way back home to Proctor, MN and the yard.

It's minus 25 below zero and the sun is not quite above the trees yet but a road crossing provides enough of a clearing to illuminate the head end of this T-Bird train as it makes it's way south f... (more)

Zero dark thirty and a minus 26 degrees air temperature as the engineer pulls empties up to the signal to wait for his conductor to drive up and climb into the warm cab where they will tone up the... (more)

Deceiving winter afternoon sunlight bathes a T-Bird train as it travels between the mine down to the plant. Yes, its sunny but it's still below zero cold.

From The Land Of Sky Blue Waters. A T-Bird train travels from the mine to the plant on a cold morning in northern Minnesota.

A welding crew takes some time to stand at a safe distance and give a roll-by to CN 2131 that's just received favorable signals to depart the yard and head back to the mine for taconite bearing ro... (more)

Getting a roll-by from a section crew out making sure the switch heaters are working this Q-191 is running north to the Canadian border with containers amid the first snowfall of the season.

A grey ghost on a gray day. With the snow tapering the L-593 leaves northern Minnesota behind as it travels south to back to Proctor. The L-593 is a turn that runs out of Proctor, MN up to Keenan ... (more)

The engineer takes the signal down as he throttles up and pulls 140 cars of taconite pellets out of the yard at United Taconite's Fairlane plant and begins the trip south for Proctor, Mn and ultim... (more)

Between snow squalls, CN 2107 leads loaded ore train into Fairlaine.

It's 2000 hrs. and the warm glow of the late evening summer sun illuminates an empty T-Bird as it gets favorable signals and prepares to leave the Fairlane running track for the loop at Largo to l... (more)

An empty T-Bird train leaves the Cliffs Natural Resources owned United Taconite plant rounding the bend onto the CN Missabe Sub for the 10 mile trip north back to the mine for more rock.

A close call and a case where the story is better than the photo. Under pending darkness and with light snow falling the crew onboard CN 5244 sounds the bell and then lays on the horn for the roa... (more)