Back when the CN let the SD38-2's out on the road, fresh #212 leads taconite loads headed for the Duluth Docks. Not quite the same as Missabe maroon, but looks good fresh. DM&IR #211-212, 215 are ... (more)

A pair of former DM&IR SD38-2s switch Proctor Yard as the sun retreats at the end of a warm summer day.

At first glance it appears the DM&IR #215 has been added back to the E-Lead Switch, but in an odd pairing its actually the DM&IR #403! Tunnel motors almost always draw road trains but it certainly... (more)

A pair of former DM&IR SD38-2s switch Proctor while a thunderstorm develops over Wisconsin.

As snow falls the Proctor Switch with a pair of former Missabe units moves cars into the yard while an empty ore train prepares to depart. Cleaning switches is the "Air Forced 1" truck. Of interes... (more)

The late afternoon sun makes it look warmer than it was. The air temp was -13F when I shot this, the wind-chill far south of that. The B&LE trio are on train U-710 with 133 empties for Minntac. T... (more)

Going out in a blaze of glory. The final ore train from Evtac's Fairlane plant is stopped at milepost 51 after having started a major brush fire. The crew noticed their units were throwing carbon ... (more)

Last original Missabe unit remaining on the former DM&IR property nowadays, albeit in drag.

DM&IR 212 leads B&LE 900 and an IC unit around the curve at the south end of Proctor Yard with a loaded ore train for Dock 6. The 2330 PRS crew picked up the train at the north end of the yard and... (more)

U711 heads back to Proctor with 131 cars of steaming iron ore. This train just got loaded at Minntac Mine at Iron Mountain, MN, and is bound for the docks at Duluth, MN. The train is seen here pas... (more)

In a lineup of the main road power on the former Missabe, we two former Missabe engines (SD38-2 and SD40-3 (SD45T-2)) sandwiching a former IC SD40-3 (SD40-2).

I was told that DMIR 212 had been working Two Harbors for quite some time, but when I was at Iron Junction it had been stuck onto a T-Bird. Even though it is no longer maroon and gold, it is still... (more)

The Keenan Switcher heads back to Keenan after spending the morning working around Minntac Mine. Here the job has 4 loads of wood and 65 loads of rock for Keenan. The loads of rock is used for bla... (more)

An empty Iron Ore train bound for Minntac Mine near Mountain Iron, MN, has just passed thru the east end of double track at Jones. This train came out Two Harbors empty and will load at Minntac an... (more)

The 212 and other SD 40's of various types sit idle at the Two Harbors diesel facility on a fogy night. Kind of cool seeing all this older power in 2010 on a class one railroad. CN keeps this powe... (more)