The fall colors of NE Minnesota are represented with the reds, oranges and yellows and here comes B&LE 904 to brighten the railfans day and provide a chase south from United Taconite to Proctor, M... (more)
After working through the night to load the train with taconite pellets at U.S. Steel Minntac, the crew is racing at track speed to get home just as the sun is coming up on this cold morning.
As the sun rises in the east the taconite pellets from the Iron Range roll south. As the detector states 1 degree this cold morning the train, with two units up front and one DPU on the rear, rol... (more)
After loading 138 of the "classic" DM&IR ore cars with taconite pellets at United Taconite, the engineer aboard Illinois Central 1033 gives a little thottle to get the train moving southward for P... (more)