IC 6252 leads ore loads South near Saginaw.

IC 6252 leads ore loads South through Munger.

IC 6252 leads ore loads South past the abandoned Saginaw depot.

Running down the CN Missabe sub with three IC units leading DMIR ore cars on a nice late fall afternoon.

IC 6252, IC 6251 and IC 6261 lead raw taconite down the Missabe sub through the small community of Iron Jct., MN coming from the mine heading towards the United Taconite processing plant at Forbes... (more)

Two sister IC SD40's passing by each other early in the morning at Proctor yard.

IC 6252 taking limestone empties down the hill into Duluth.

IC 6252 taking the Proctor switch towards Missabe Junction.

IC 6252 taking the Proctor switch down Spirit Mountain.

The CN Proctor Switch pulling limestone empties into Missabe Junction.

An interesting mashup of power on this empty taconite train bends around the curve through freshly snow flocked trees approaching Minntac where they will load more pellets before heading southbou... (more)

Crossing atop a frozen Whiteface River that's currently living up to its name, loaded Minntac pellets cruise south down the former DMIR Missabe Sub at Kelsey beneath crystal clear blue skies. This... (more)

After waiting for a pellet train to depart and now having favorable signals themselves, IC 6252 with 118 X 2 departs the Fairlane plant and heads back to the mine at Thunderbird north to load more... (more)

Always nice to see an old veteran plying the rails as they come around the curve and down the hill from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant with steaming hot taconite pellets on a cold winter's afternoon... (more)

Good leader. Good light. Steaming pellets. Minntac made taconite pellets head south down the CN Missabe sub for the yard at Proctor, MN.