With a train of steaming pellets from the Fairlane Taconite Plant in tow, DMIR 406 leads CN U71781-04 as it slowly makes its way into the yard at Proctor, Minnesota to tie the train down where it ... (more)

Three Dash 8s and 140 new cars head north about to cross the CN Rainy sub at the Ramshaw diamond.

CN 2026 leads a string of almost brand-new ore cars north near Gilbert, MN as they head to load at the Minntac taconite plant.

Barking up Proctor Hill with limestone loads.

Steaming away in the fall air as taconite pellets head for Proctor yard.

The sun isn't up yet as the crew on board BLE 900 heads for home at proctor yard with steaming taconite in tow on this cold morning.

A little snow falling as this empty ID from Two Harbors heads for U.S. Steel Minntac to load the trailing ore cars.

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.

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.

A CN crew spots ore cars for unloading at Dock 6 as the veteran laker s/s Wilfred Sykes loads for Indiana Harbor as the end of the Lake Superior shipping season nears.

Fog has settled over the Twin Ports region on the morning of June 13, 2016 as a railroader walks back to the Canadian National locomotive facility at Proctor, Minnesota, passing a line up of power... (more)

Illinois Central 6256, an SD40-3 is shoving a loaded taconite pellet train onto the 1918-built Dock 6. This locomotive was built by GM Electro-Motive Division in LaGrange, Illinois in November 197... (more)

Illinois Central 6256, an SD40-3 is shoving a loaded taconite pellet train onto the 1918-built Dock 6. This locomotive was built by GM Electro-Motive Division in LaGrange, Illinois in November 197... (more)