Coming up the BNSF Lakes sub and taking the right turn onto the BNSF Casco sub at Brookston for the trip up to the Iron Range and Hibbing Taconite to load taconite pellets.
A pair of EMD SD9s rumble eastward through Brookston, Minnesota, with a Burlington Northern local freight on October 19, 1985. The train is about to pass under U. S. Highway 2 overpass just east o... (more)
BNSF 3975 leads a ore train West past soon soon to fall searchlights in Brookston.
As a loaded taconite train behind a clean SD70ACe rolls towards Superior, the Kelly Lake local behind a decent looking SD40-2 is on the siding and a rolling exchange of paper work and friendlies t... (more)
The ugly big brother. The DPU of a loaded taconite train makes the cleaner SD40-2 look small but size isn't everything.
Under the watchful eye of the man on the moon and a some passing jets overhead, the Kelly Lake local gets to work switching empties for loads at Brookston before heading back home to Kelly Lake, M... (more)
A short 160-car Hibtac rolls under Highway 2 enroute to Allouez behind a clean GE.
