The 13:00 NWS hourly observation for Duluth reported -15F with a windchill of -39F. The cold, however, didn't stop the "Bentonite Express" from heading to Proctor.
Limestone for Minorca heads north through Virginia on the DW&P.
Two veteran SD-Ms (317/301) lead the MRF with an assist from SD40-3 No. 406.
Steelton Switch for South Itasca.
A vetern SD still earns its keep in Northeastern Minnesota.
DMIR 301, the first SD9 rebuilt by DMIR in 1979, returns from Minntac to Biwabik where a new crew will take over for the run to Two Harbors. This trackage through McKinley has since been abandoned... (more)
Ex-DM&IR SD-M 317 leads a loaded train of crude taconite ore under the highway 37 overpass south of Iron Junction.
A veteran Missabe unit leads two former B&LE tunnel motors out of Proctor with limestone for Minntac.
Working limestone loads in the afternoon sun.
A veteran rebuilt SD18 leads ore empties north into the setting sun.
DMIR 317 sits in Proctor on a summer morning.
