A nice clean consist leads an empty all-rail to Minntac as it passes through Saginaw on a beautiful fall day. SD70ACe's are relatively rare in Northern Minnesota and it is even more unusual to see... (more)

The 1600 Minorca limestone accelerates past the abandoned Saginaw depot after meeting a southbound CN manifest.

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.

Ore loads roll past the shuttered Saginaw, MN depot.

Short of power, CN assigned this Bessemer unit to pinch hit for the normal WC SD40-3s assigned to this Escanaba ore load while loading on the former Missabe.

Crew died on hours at Coons after battling snow the night before. Ore loads for Escanaba.

BNSF all-rail ore train stopped on the main at Coons after being stabbed by the detector at Grand Lake for a possible hot box (bearing) 40 cars deep. Nothing was found and the train continued on.... (more)

Ore empties for Minntac head north.

B&LE 909 and 903 lead Missabe 317 and loaded limestone cars northbound through Saginaw.

Limestone empties headed to Proctor.

DMIR 207 pulls limestone loads north

DMIR 419 leans into a curve as it leads taconite loads south

With one engine dead, this loaded ore train is down to 5 mph as it crests the grade at Saginaw.

Loaded ore train heading south towards Proctor passes the abandoned depot at Saginaw.

Loaded Unitac southbound for Proctor behind two SD40-3s.