A limestone train makes its way north on the CN Missabe sub.

It was kind of neat when CN assigned the EJ&E heritage unit to Proctor for a short stint. Here it was leading a stone train up to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.

Amid wildfire smoke from Canada and filtered sunlight from nature, CN 3023 sticks out with its still bright orange color in a nod to the EJ&E as it hauls limestone loads north on the CN (former DM... (more)

CN 3023 leads limestone up the Missabe sub about to get on the Minntac Sub here at Wolf for the final few miles into the U.S. Steel Minntac plant. Neat to see a CN heritage unit pulling DMIR ore c... (more)

A northbound limestone train heads up the CN Missabe sub in heavy snows.

Limestone loads from Proctor head up the CN Missabe for USS Minntac led by BNSF 9247 which is being used paying horsepower back to CN.

A loaded limestone train for Minntac departs Proctor while a transfer from Pokegama (Superior, WI) arrives. In the distance a pair of ex-Missabe SD38-2s switch the E-yard while an empty ore train ... (more)

U715 exits Point of Rocks tunnel

A train loaded with limestone heads north to the Minntac mine with a grubby looking unit on the point