Another rolling steam cloud courtesy of fresh made taconite pellets from United Taconite.
Wasting no time, these iron ore loads are screaming down BNSF's Casco Sub on a cold January day.
Steaming iron ore and three BLE motors heading south on the CN Missabe sub for Proctor yard. Always neat to see the rolling steam cloud along the highway.
DMIR 400, DMIR 409 and DMIR 405 race north from Proctor, MN with a lot of freight in tow for a planned stop at Keean yard then going up to Ranier, MN with the rest of their train.
Coke loads from Roseport heading to Thunder Bay are racing through the Zim/Sax bog in NE Minnesota.
Wearing a unique throwback logo that really stands out, CN 3331 leads taconite loads down to Proctor yard.
Dark skies overhead as CN 3115 leads through the bog along Highway 7 as they roll north towards the Candian border.
The snowless winter. DMIR 400 leads back to Proctor in the late afternoon winter light after loading iron ore at United Taconite.
Running through the Sax/Zim bog for Proctor yard with Minorca made iron ore pellets.
Some fall color amid a dreary day.
A quad set of EMDs bring Minntac made taconite pellets down the CN Missabe sub, and they are heading for Proctor yard and eventually CN Dock 6.
BLE 903 heads south with iron ore pellets as M.O.W. equipment takes a pause to watch them go by.
Two SD60's sandwich BLE 909 as they pull freight from Ranier, MN down to Proctor, MN.
Thundering down the BNSF Casco Sub at m.p. 85 with steaming iron ore pellets bound for the Allouez Taconite Facility in Superior, WI.
Sometimes it's as simple as black and white with a red nosed CN train. Iron ore pellets for Proctor rumble along the CN Missabe sub at m.p. 51 while traveling through the bog heading for Proctor,... (more)
