Iron ore loads for Proctor/Duluth catch some of the final rays of the day heading south on CN's Missabe Sub near Zim, MN.

Taking favorable signals at Fairlane, DMIR 409 gets up to track speed with it's train of marbles. They will cruise along for a 15 miles or so before taking the siding further down at Kelsey for a ... (more)

The once thick morning fog is beginning to burn off now making visibility that much better for the crew of this U-717 pellet train from United Taconite to Proctor. The crew started loading early a... (more)

One of CN's unique SD40U's leads a train of hot pellets back to Proctor.

The steam is pouring off the hot taconite pellets on these southbound loads as they hit the straight away near Zim on a frigid -15F morning just after sunrise.

After loading out at Fairlane, a loaded ore train speeds down the Missabe for Proctor.

A passenger / inspection train being operated for the Lexington Group heads down the CN Missabe Sub passing a few remaining searchlight signals as they travel towards Duluth, MN and then go up to ... (more)

Empty ore cars roll south under early morning fall color behind three standard cab Dash-8s after a limestone delivery at Minntac.

Veteran IC SD40-3 6254 leads a loaded iron ore train south on CN's Missabe Sub.

As the last light of the day fades to darkness, DMIR 405, DMIR 409 and BLE 909 run track speed south down the Missabe Subdivision for Proctor with steaming taconite pellets in tow.

Ore train bound for Proctor enters the lonely stretch of highway between MP 56 and the siding at Alborn, a distance of about 20 miles of nearly dead straight track.

Southbound U-Tac loads roll south for the dock at Duluth.

Thirty minutes out of Fairlane, 717's train picks up speed

One of Missabe’s late-phase SD9s cruises toward the docks at Duluth at Zim, Minnesota, on September 25, 1994. Number 166 was built in 1959, and still carries the original paint scheme.

A trio of mismatched painted Tunnelmotors slow for their arrival at Fairlane with a train of empty ore jennies.