The new look of the former Missabe has a couple of re-assigned SD60's in the fleet now along with the I.C. units (third back) and the two B&LE units ( fourth back). Gone are the days of the Missa... (more)

Patience is a virtue. After all the other rail fans had left, deterred by the thunderhead in the background, the sun finally popped out and illuminated what I consider an easy Catch of the Year wi... (more)

Patience is a virtue. After all the other rail fans had left, the sun finally popped out and illuminated what I consider an easy Catch of the Year winner, and its only May! Last two maroon engines... (more)

Oh didn't you hear? Orange is the new maroon! After arguing and calling the DWP train crew names, as well as their own fellow Missabe limestone train, the MRF finally backs down onto its train at ... (more)

The northbound MRF out of Proctor, MN delivers some new power sets to the Iron Range for taconite service. In the mix is CN 6020 leading followed by EJ&E 674, IC 62**, IC 6254, IC 6259, DM&IR 215... (more)

A colorful light power MRF heads back towards Keenan Yard off the Iron Range Subdivision.

The CN 6020 heads up the Misc. Road Freight Job as they pass by the signal where the T-Birds once roamed and entered Thunderbird South which at the time was Evtac instead of today's United Taconit... (more)

The colorful MRF returns from it's appointed rounds at Two Harbors and North Shore Mining with empty hoppers and loaded centerbeams. Also included is the DM&IR 215 which suffered a mechanical fai... (more)

The MRF arrives Proctor on a chilly December morning. They also have one of the two active DM&IR painted units with them, SD38-2 #215.

The Miscellaneous Road Freight or MRF heads through Biwabik heading for Allen Jct. with 30 loads of coal which will end up at the new Mesabi Nugget plant and 9 centerbeams to be dropped off on the... (more)

B&LE 909, assigned to the former Missabe, leads the MRF down from Keenan bound for Proctor. Some of the goodies bound for Proctor are some nearly sixty year old ore cars that where recently refur... (more)

IC 6456 + 6261 + BLE 909 lead the MRF through Biwabik.

CN 6256 With the MRF at Coons MN

SD38AC 202 (built 6/71) and 'SD40-3' 405 (ex-SP SD45T-2 6767, 9500, nee-SSW 9163, built 7/72) lead the MRF through Grand Lakes along Saginaw Road, while limestone loads 'radio block' right on thei... (more)