Three IC EMD SD40-3s sound nice as they throttle up after having to stop and wait for some traffic up ahead that has now cleared.

With CN almost exclusively running AC44C6Ms in the ore pool out of both Proctor and Two Harbors, it was nice to hear and see these veteran mighty marble movers called into service to run from Proc... (more)

Dark clouds loom overhead as a loaded limestone train screams up Proctor hill, alongside some of the best fall color I've seen. The new overpass here is now open to traffic, and it seems in the pr... (more)

After leaving Proctor yard and descending Proctor hill and spotting loads on the dock, IC 6256 runs around their train and will prep to shove back for dumping before heading back up the hill to th... (more)

After coming down Proctor hill the crew has run around their train and is preparing to shove the train out on the dock to unload.

After coming down from United Taconite with 138 cars of taconite pellets to Proctor, a yard crew has now brought the train down to the CN ore dock 6 and begins to unload.

Heading back to Proctor on a late fall afternoon after delivering limestone loads to the Minorca mine earlier in the day.

A Canadian National taconite pellet train is seen dumping loads on 1918-built Dock 6. This historic ore dock is located in Saint Louis Bay on Lake Superior. The train originated at the Fairlane pl... (more)

With tailings piles towering in the background, a pair of IC SD40-3's and a DMIR tunnel motor head south on the Rainy Sub through Virginia, Minnesota and are about to pass under the Route 169 over... (more)

Coming down from Ranier, MN with traffic for Keenan yard and then it's down to Proctor yard all while the snow flies.

After swapping out 46 loads at the Minorca taconite plant it's back to Proctor with these 46 empties.

IC 6256, CN 6018 and BLE 903 pull 46 empty ore cars used for limestone service back to Proctor after delivering 46 loads of said limestone up to the Minorca mine.

Repainted IC SD40-3 6256 leads a T-bird south through Iron Junction.

A trio of EMD's lead loaded ore train U717 south, knocking down the intermediate signal at 483 in Sax, Minnesota. Former IC SD40-3 6256 is in the lead, wearing some pretty warn CN paint.

A trio of CN SD40's are hard at work pulling a loaded train of iron ore taconite pellets alongside Center Line Road in Burnett, Minnesota. Steaming in the cold weather, these pellets are bound for... (more)