It's quiet. Here comes a train. Then it will be quiet again.
Hauling iron ore.
Running at track speed through the bog while heading north to load iron ore pellets at United Taconite, a trio of DMIR SD40-3s and 140 cars cut through the darkness and fog along the CN Missabe Su... (more)
One hundred forty loads of iron ore bound for the yard at Proctor and then the dock at Duluth just as the sun is about to set for the day.
Steaming iron ore pellets head down the Missabe sub to CN's Proctor yard on the Missabe Sub.
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.
