The crew of this U716 begins the process of two bad order setouts from their train before departing to load iron ore pellets while the morning ore train that arrived steams away while it waits to ... (more)

Well, isn't that special. A trio of DMIR tunnels are assembled and are about to tie onto a string of ore empties and head north to load at United Taconite while a trio of DMIR SD38-2s idle away on... (more)

Well, isn't that special. A trio of DMIR tunnels are assembled and prepare to move out from the diesel house at CN's Proctor yard. The logo on the shop is certainly a nice touch.

Running at track speed through the bog while heading north to load iron ore pellets at United Taconite, a trio of DMIR SD40-3s and 140 cars cut through the darkness and fog along the CN Missabe Su... (more)

Coming north from Proctor yard to load iron ore pellets.

BLE 906 leading the way up to United Taconite's Fairlane plant to load iron ore.

Coming up from Proctor to load at United Taconite before returning back to Proctor and all the while not seeing much but the fog covered landscape.

Heading north along the CN Missabe Sub to load taconite pellets at the Cleveland-Cliffs owned United Taconite plant.

trio of former tunnel motors leads empty taconite pellet train U716 out of Proctor Yard bound for Fairlane. On an adjoining track, a yard job is seen working as two loaded limestone trains await ... (more)

A trio of former tunnel motors leads empty taconite pellet train U716 up the grade at Munger passing under the old DW&P, now the CN Rainey Sub.

A chilly -10F morning finds the light of a lantern briefly illuminating the nose of 409 as a waning crescent moon rises in the sky above.

Blizzard conditions were forecast. Nailed it. DMIR 406 leads an empty pellet train north along the Missabe sub encountering some blowing and drifting snow along the way.

Turning off the CN Missabe sub and heading into the United Taconite plant to load pellets before returning back down to Proctor, MN.

A nice run up the Missabe sub from Proctor to load pellets at United Taconite on a nice summer evening.

A northbound train from Proctor heads up the CN Missabe sub bound for the United Taconite plant to load the trailing ore cars with marbles on National Train Day Eve.