A trio of EMD's led by a former DMIR SD40T-3 haul a train of empty iron ore cars north on the CN Missabe Subdivision, paralleling Highway 7 through Payne, Minnesota. This train is bound for the Mi... (more)

DMIR 402 leads the Proctor, MN to Ranier, MN freight north up the Missabe Sub for a meet with its counterpart at Alborn, MN.

CN's L568 from Ranier, MN to Proctor, MN has made their pick-ups and set-outs at Keenan yard and are trying to make the southward trip home but it's like swimming upstream against the freight trai... (more)

Usually running nocturnal on the trip from Ranier, MN down to Proctor, MN, it was odd to see L568 heading south out of Keenan yard as the sun was setting.

DMIR 402, DMIR 409, CN 3325, CN 2309, CN 2241, CN 3326 and DMIR 400 with a string of Herzog ballast cars and mixed freight from Ranier, MN and CN's Keenan yard now make their way south at Fairlane... (more)

As the sun sets, DMIR 402 is leading L568 with 7 locomotives, a Herzog ballast train and the usual mixed freight on the tail end as they make their way to Proctor yard.

CN's local from Two Harbors passing through Nugget on the way to Keenan yard.

The miscellaneous road freight from Two Harbors to Keenan yard waits on the east leg of the wye at Iron Jct. for traffic to clear up.

The MRF from Two Harbors, led by DMIR 402, has the usual mixed freight coming up from Two Harbors in the form of centerbeams from LP, empty bentonite hoppers from Northshore Mining, a SD40u (6018)... (more)

DMIR 402 leads an empty taconite train through Aurora, MN.

402 begins its journey downhill, bringing loads to the dock.

A taconite pellet train is being unloaded on the famous Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Railroad's Dock 6 in Duluth, MN. As the sun rises at 0700 hrs, the train catches enough light to provide this m... (more)

The Keenan switch job bringing back a healthy cut of sand cars from out of storage on the former Erie Mining Co. property.

Heading over the Ramshaw diamond, DMIR 402 and DMIR 404 have 181 cars behind them and are about to tie up traffic for a while as they come of the CN Iron Range Sub and cross Highway 7.

The R901 job out of Keenan usually has about 5 or 6 cars when they come back and usually come back much earlier in the day but today they have 181 cars total and 7500 feet behind them with 174 san... (more)