Tax day finds snow falling and CN 5318 leading ore empties north along the CN Missabe Sub for loading at United Taconite on Minnesota's Iron Range.

Another train of taconite pellets leaves the Iron Range of northern Minnesota bound for Proctor then Duluth and then a boat for a steel mill somewhere.

Loaded out and ready to head back to Proctor with 144 loads of taconite pellets, the crew on board has the windows open to enjoy the first day of temps in the 60's (above zero!) in months here in ... (more)

Arriving and now departing under the cover of darkness, the crew on board CN 6024 calls RTC to say they are loaded out and ready to depart Fairlane and head back to Proctor with 144 loads of tacon... (more)

A relief crew arrives by van to take these pellet loads back to Proctor, MN while a T-Bird train inches up along side to illuminate the train so the new crew can release the handbrakes before take... (more)

Cold weather railroading at it's finest. It's -27 degrees below zero just before sunrise and the exhaust from the plant is hanging over the small yard while the crew is having issues loading their... (more)

Steaming ore cars coated with frost from their morning below zero trip from the mine arrive at Proctor.

A pellet train from United Taconite rolls through Saginaw and north Coons as they continue towards Proctor. The lack of snow so far this year probably has more to do with no visible snowmobile tr... (more)

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 classic all EMD consist and old Missabe ore cars roll south from the mine to Proctor, MN with steaming taconite pellets on a sunny but cold winter day.

A colorful all-EMD consist leads 120 ore loads south towards Proctor.

About the only color on this dark and snowy day was the B&LE 904 and it's orange nose rolling down the Missabe Sub at M.P. 51 with the 142 cars of steaming taconite pellets in tow bound for Procto... (more)

Dashing through the snow with a 142 loads..... B&LE 904 heads south out of United Taconite with 142 loads of taconite pellets for Proctor, MN on a snowy Sunday afternoon

A trio of maroon Missabe units (DM&IR 412, 215 and 210) pull 135 loads of taconite pellets from United Taconite on Minnesota's Iron Range over the scale and into the yard at Proctor, MN where the ... (more)

Looking like a Christmas card, Bessember 904 rolls through fresh show with a train of steaming iron ore pellets.