Leaving Proctor yard behind and heading down to CN's dock 6 to unload ballpark 15,000 tons of taconite pellets.

As the blue hour turns towards the dark of night, several power set and trains wait for assignments and crews to take them where they need to go. But for now, all is quiet at Proctor yard.

Pumpkins Climb Spirit Mountain: BLE 906 leads fellow Bessemer SD40T-3 #904 and CN/IC SD40-3 #6255 as they lug ore empties up Spirit Mountain from Dock 6 in Duluth to Proctor Yard. Stormy skies and... (more)

A CN SD60 along with a Geep and a “Canadian comfort cab” dash-9 power a local into Proctor Yard. 8/1/23

Repainted DMIR tunnel motor leads ore loads South into the yard in Proctor.

CN 3317 leads the Family Days special South down Proctor Hill.

DM&IR SD38 215, leading the E-Lead Job finishes dropping off fuel tankers at the far West end the of Proctor Yard

Now arriving at Proctor yard. Three ICs and hot pellets.

Climbing proctor hill

In beautiful evening sunshine, Bessemer & Lake Erie 903 leads a CN SD40-2 and a C40-8 north with an empty ore train. A loaded train can be seen on the adjacent track awaiting a crew to take it sou... (more)

Early in the morning, 215 and 403 are paired up and ready for switch duty. If you ignore the modern cars, and the CN sign on the trailer, it sure looks like this could be from the Missabe era.

The usual pair of SD60s on L568 lead another three C40-8s as they roll into Proctor Yard

Back in 2021, the last 2 Missabe maroon units on the CN were paired together for switching duty in Prcotor yard, seen here late on a cool fall evening, as a stunning sunset ensues.

Missabe Miracle… high fives went all around the St. Louis River Road bridge In Proctor, MN on June 6, 2022 as the 17:00 E Lead job kicks cars at DMIR’s old Proctor yard in golden hour sun with... (more)

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)