DM&IR 409 leads a loaded Minorca South from Shelton Junction across the Hwy crossing.
A repainted Missabe tunnel motor leads two B&LE sisters (903/909) on an empty Minntac limestone train during the last rays of sun.
A colorful consist of two CN-painted DM&IR SD40-3s lead a SD38-2 on the limestone loads heading from Proctor to the Minntac Mine at Mountain Iron, Minn.
Mintac Loads steaming hot and fresh from the plant head south out of Mountain Iron, MN
NS general freight 35A has interesting power today, featuring an ex Southern Pacific tunnel motor in the colors of Duluth Missabe & Iron Range on the point here about to depart Spring Street Yard ... (more)
Duluth Missabe and Iron Range-led NS general freight 35A races the last daylight eastbound around the curve at Stowe Yard alongside a unit working a coal drag.
DMIR 409 leads a string of Mintac Loads southward.
DMIR 409 fully loaded with taconite heads southbound. Note the steam from the taconite!
Loaded Unitac ore train arrives at Proctor behind two SD40-3s. Cool air from Lake Superior is keeping the "puffy" clouds to the north.
Loaded Unitac southbound for Proctor behind two SD40-3s.
DM&IR and VMV classed these as SD40-3s, NOT as SD40T-3s (although local fans call them T-3s). The railroad didn't care about the tunnel motor body design, hence no inclusion of a "T" in the model.
