The Keenan Switch crew is pulling 50 ore cars from the yard and going up to the idled Minorca mine to spot them for loading from the pellet pile on the plant site.
With the conductor back on the train it's time to tone up RTC and get signals for the trip north to Ranier, MN with the rest of the transfer from Proctor yard.
Leaving Keenan yard on the way to spot hoppers at Gross-Nelson to be loaded with crushed rock.
UP 6666 leads coke loads north at Virginia, MN on a nice afternoon. The train is coming through the former DW&P yard at track speed for the climb up and over the Laurentian Divide.
UP 6666 powers north along the CN Missabe Sub with the first of the season train of coke loads bound for Thunder Bay.
Well, that's neat. A trio of DMIR 40's shove a rather lengthy L567 into Keenan yard for an end of train set out before continuing to head north with a destination of Ranier, MN. The crew that made... (more)
Well, that's neat. A trio of DMIR 40's bring a rather lengthy L567 to a slow roll as they prepare for an end of train set out at Keenan yard before continuing to head north with a destination of R... (more)
Returning back to Keenan yard with 6 DME hoppers after switching the commercial yard at the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.
A northbound freight is stopped waiting for favorable signals while a southbound mine shuttle heads for the plant.
Coming up from Two Harbors having just crossed over the Ramshaw diamond and about to come off the Iron Range Sub, CN 2032 is going to Minntac to loads iron ore pellets on a dreary fall afternoon. ... (more)
In honor of Star Wars Day, A Deathstar leading a T-Bird on a gloomy November afternoon.
On this Star Wars Day, a flashback to February when a Deathstar was leading two other IC units pushing a Jordan plow along the CN Iron Range Sub.
On this Star Wars Day, a flashback to February when a Deathstar was leading a T-Bird.
The snowless winter. DMIR 404 leads back to Proctor after dumping limestone at the U.S. Steel Minntac plant. CN uses these DMIR Difco side dumps in cold weather months to help the dumping of produ... (more)
The CN Missabe sub has mostly northbound freight headed for Canada and southbound moves from the mines to Proctor yard.
