The crew operating as the Kelly Lake local are almost done for the day as they bring their train to rest in their namesake yard and wait for a van back to Superior, WI.

Cruising back to their home yard at Kelly Lake after switching loads of bentonite clay for these empties at the Minorca mine, the namesake local rumbles across the steel trestle over Dempsey Creek... (more)

A week ago, the crew working the Kelly Lake local job were using a pair a green SD40-2s to move cars around their namesake yard before they ended their shift. This pair has been split up with one ... (more)

The Kelly Lake local crew with a pair of green SD40-2s for power shuffle around cars in their namesake yard.

The Kelly Lake local crew with a pair of green SD40-2s move south thru the yard with loaded gondolas of scrap steel and empty bentonite hoppers while passing KD Jct. which is the split BNSF uses t... (more)

Heading back from the Minorca mine to their yard at Kelly Lake, BNSF 2571 rumbles across the old steel bridge on the CN Keenan Sub.

A nice summer afternoon and a train.

The Kelly Lake local job comes through CN's Iron Jct. while on their way back from swapping bentonite hoppers at the Minorca mine.

A little later than normal allowed the sun to swing enough onto the nose as the once-a-week Kelly Lake local job passes a still in use old searchlight signal on the CN Keenan Sub.

Slicing and dicing their way through the fog on the way to the Minorca taconite mine.

Coming over from their yard at Kelly Lake, BNSF takes the old searchlight signal for CN's Keenan yard as they proceed on the once a week trip up to the Minorca taconite plant with bentonite loads.

A warm for December day has created quite the thick blanket of fog as BNSF 3136 crosses a quiet highway with no crossing gates along the CN Keenan Sub heading for the Minorca mine with bentonite c... (more)

The once-a-week Kelly Lake local and their standard train consisting of 5 cars of bentonite clay heading east on the CN Keenan sub using trackage rights to serve the Minorca mine north of Virginia... (more)

On the return trip back to the home base of Kelly Lake, BNSF 2957 dims the ditch lights to meet a northbound CN freight on the double track section of the CN Missabe sub.

Heading back to their namesake yard, the Kelly Lake local knocks the snow off while rumbling across the large steel Missabe era trestle along the CN Keenan sub with 6 cars in tow after serving the... (more)