The CN ran a couple limestone trains out of Proctor around lunchtime this day. One was bound for Fairlane and one was bound for Minorca. These trains ended up running both directions back to back!... (more)

A trio of IC SD40-3s lead ore loads South through Grand Lake.

The Ranier, MN, to Proctor, MN, local freight train rolls south on the Missabe about 20 miles from Proctor. The job has couple SD60's for power plus some deadhead power. The job has been in ever s... (more)

U712's train heads north with DMIR 409 leading the way.

DMIR 409 North leads an empty pellet train on the Missabe Sub between Coons and Alborn.

IC 6251 leads ore loads South around bear trap curve near Grand Lake.

A pair of BC Rail GE locomotives lead a CN manifest freight as it rounds the bend outside Grand Lake, Minnesota and heads north up the Missabe Sub. In the lead is C44-9WL 4654, and trailing is C40... (more)

A CN intermodal heads south.

Loaded taconite pellet train U717 behind an Illinois Central SD40-3 and two repainted DMIR tunnel motors runs towards the port in Duluth. The tracks run alongside Saginaw Road through Grand Lake, ... (more)

Diesel exhaust and taconite pellet steam fills the air behind CN U717 as Illinois Central SD40-3 6252 leads the heavy train towards Duluth.

One of the good things about cold temps is that it generaly brings the blue skies and steaming pellets. Here is a good example with BLE 904 leading a loaded taconite train from United Taconite dow... (more)

A loaded ore train from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant in Minnesota to CN's dock at Escanaba, Michigan rolls south after a fresh snow.

A loaded BN taconite train makes it's around the curve at Bear Trap road on it's way South to Proctor on a bitter cold morning in February 1996

A loaded DM&IR taconite train makes it's around the curve at Bear Trap road on it's way South to Proctor on a bitter cold morning in February 1996

Its crazy to think how many units have passed by this classic Missabe spot. Steam engines, F units, first generation SD's, SD38-2's and now, for what I believe is the first time ever (the trip) a ... (more)