Heavy snow falls while a T-Bird taconite rock train makes it's way south after a crew change.
Heavy snow falls as the first crude ore train from United Taconite's new south pit arrives at the Fairlane processing plant. Disclaimer: Happy April 1st. Just an usual move captured. No new pit o... (more)
Heavy snow falls as the first crude ore train from United Taconite's new south pit arrives at the Fairlane processing plant. Disclaimer: Happy April 1st. Just an usual move captured. No new pit ... (more)
A warbonnet leads the second cut of sixty cars at N. Fairlane on the approach to United Taconite for loading taconite pellets. A different crew loaded out the first cut of sixty cars and when th... (more)
Finding CN trains in Minnesota with a matched set of locomotives that don't include a CN-painted one is getting harder and harder. Fortunately there are still enough IC and B&LE units on the forme... (more)
Snow slowed traffic down on the Missabe Sub this morning, but 2853 sits and waits for a northbound to pass to proceed south.
Two pairs of SD18/SD9 combos in two color schemes bask in the evening light while SD38AC No. 204 looks on in the background at Keenan Yard on the DMIR at Forbes, Minn. DMIR 176 is an SD18, DMIR 16... (more)
A pair of anniversary edition CN dash 8's are just about to make the turn into the Fairlane taconite plant with loads of taconite bearing rock from the Thunderbird mine located 10 miles away.
A U-715 empty limestone train holds near the end of the double track Missabe Sub. for the U-714 loaded limestone train to clear before proceeding south back to Proctor while the loads will continu... (more)
It's always fun to watch and listen to some of the impressive machinery railroad use to keep the freight moving in a safe and timely manner. Loram has made a successful business by building, oper... (more)
It's a cool minus eleven degrees and the wind chill is about minus 30 degrees or so and this U-717 from United Taconite is loaded out and ready to depart for Proctor at just about sunset on a Dece... (more)
A crude ore train dumps at the Eveleth Taconite plant on a bitter cold day (-37F was the low, -14F was the high).
Cutting through the thick morning fog, a limestone train from Proctor makes it's way north to the Minorca mine.
Southbound U-Tac loads roll around the connection at Forbes.
U711 heads onto the main at South Fairlane for a run down the Missabe Sub to Proctor.
