DMIR 317 heads up ex B&LE 869 and newer tunnel motor in the Proctor yard.
Morning limestone loads for Minntac climbs Proctor Hill with leased UP side dump cars.
With its headlights piercing through thick fog, veteran SD-M 301 leads two sisters on a Proctor Roadswitch job to South Itasca.
A look inside Missabe SD-M 301, nee SD18 # 174.
Veteran SD-M 317 leads the 07:00 Proctor Roadswitch as it arrives at Missabe Junction with 48 cars for Minorca limestone loading.
DMIR 301 goes back to the barn
A Keenan Switch motive power set assists two SD40-3s on a loaded taconite train bound for Two Harbors. One of the tunnel motors wasn't running right, hence the assist.
Two SD-M's await their next assignment at 1:32 PM.
Stored SD-Ms 306 and 307 rest in the deadline at Proctor after being sold to Larry's Truck & Electric.
Taconite pellets steam in the cold air as a 140-car UTAC ore train rolls south.
Loaded UTAC taconite train with 140 cars heads for Proctor and Duluth.