A trio of Dash 8s pulling 145 cars of still steaming pellets bound for Two Harbors. Another 30 seconds and this shot would have been blocked by a northbound all-rail taconite train that was headin... (more)
A classic EMD trio and Missabe ore cars carrying taconite pellets south to Proctor yard.
CN 5349 leads U716 north at Burnett.
A pair of Canadian Pacific GE's lead loaded oil train 580 as it swings around the bend on to the bridge over the frozen Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the Paynesville Subdivision. ... (more)
As DMIR 400 rattles over the Missabe era steel bridge over the still frozen Whiteface River, it's hard to tell this is the end of February with NE Minnesota's above average temps and below average... (more)
After waiting for a northbound container train to pass, DMIR 400 now has signals to head south out of the yard at United Taconite and begins the trip back to Proctor yard down the CN Missabe sub.
MNNR 43 leads empty lumber cars through Lauderdale MN.
MNNR 43 leads empty lumber cars through Roseville MN.
Just beating out the long shadows towards the end of the afternoon, an all EMD power set leads an empty limestone train down from the Minntac taconite plant and heads for Proctor.
Still a somewhat shiny new leader running down the CN Rainy Sub crossing the Ramshaw diamond as they head south.
More marbles from the Minntac taconite plant bound for Two Harbors.
After coming down from Ranier, MN and now having completed their work at Keenan yard, L568 is on the move south with a healthy 400 axels train for Proctor.
A cold early morning departure has some steam coming off the new pellets as they descend down the hill from the Minntac taconite plant.
A pair of Northfolk Southern units waiting for signal by Highway 280 in St. Paul.