Another classic consist of EMD power put together by the forces at Proctor leads 142 cars of pellets from United Taconite back to the scales at Proctor.
A colorful all-EMD consist leads 120 ore loads south towards Proctor.
Looking like a Christmas card, Bessember 904 rolls through fresh show with a train of steaming iron ore pellets.
Southbound Q116 rolls across the Cloquet River along the former DM&IR.
A pair of SD60Fs lead a Bessemer tunnel motor across the Cloquet River headed for Minntac with limestone.
Limestone empties head back to Proctor.
A pair of big GE's pull the stranded U-717 United Taconite train south towards Proctor. An interesting consist for sure.
A pair of CSX GEs off a loaded all-rail train came to the rescue of a U-717 (United Taconite ore train) that had its leader, IC 6256, die. The two GEs would haul the crippled train to Proctor afte... (more)
It seems as if we have more IC units in NE Minnesota than they do in Illinois. Note new CN ore cars.
The only "Burdakin Blue" unit assigned to the former Missabe is this ex-DT&I GP38-2. Once common on neighbor DW&P, this color scheme is now rare in NE Minnesota. Good thing a low-boy wasn't on th... (more)
southbound DMIR taconite train headed for Duluth, MN ore docks.
B&LE 903 leads a loaded ore train south towards Proctor.
Steaming taconite pellets and blowing snow make this look as cold as it was with a -25F windchill but this is by far the best time of the year to shoot ore railroading in northern Minnesota (plent... (more)
A fairly clean tunnel motor leads Minntac limestone loads northbound for the plant.
