The 1st Cedar River job is on their way to Waterloo with cars out of mainly St. Ansgar. The job passes this windmill on the south side of Orchard, about 50 miles from Waterloo. A pair of SD60s is ... (more)
The T-bird trains run back and forth many times a day for United Taconite. They move raw ore from their mine near Largo to their processing plant at Fairlane. These trains don't go far in distance... (more)
I am surprised the CN lets these taconite loaders weigh down the trains in the fashion they do. This Fairlane train out of the United Taconite loadout is filled to the gills. Now as the train gets... (more)
A Fairlane empty is just north of Kelsey on the Missabe Sub. Rebuild GEs seem to be the new norm now for all the Iron Range trains working out of Proctor and Two Harbors in mid-2025.
An empty ore train bound for the United Taconite Plant at Fairlane passes this nice greenhouse near MP 52 on the Missabe Sub. The ACs have really taken over the Iron Range now; while nice and new,... (more)