A trio of Missabe motors drag a loaded limestone train through a curve on their way from Missabe Junction to Proctor.
The traction motor blowers from a solid Missabe lashup create a mini-blizzard from newly fallen snow as the slog upgrade with a loaded limestone train.
The morning Proctor Roadswitch prepares to spot limestone empties at Lakehead in Duluth.
The morning Proctor Roadswitch drops down the connecting track to Missabe Junction with 58 limestone empties. In the background is Duluth's venerable Wade Stadium, home of the Huskies baseball te... (more)
The weather worn DMIR 212 leads the 869 and the 308 down the Famous Proctor hill into Duluth with empty side dump cars, which will be loaded with limestone for USS Minntac.
With its headlights piercing through thick fog, veteran SD-M 301 leads two sisters on a Proctor Roadswitch job to South Itasca.
The 07:00 Roadswitch works the top of Dock No. 6 while the 01:00 Roadswitch waits for limestone cars to be loaded.
Returning to Proctor after completing is twice-weekly trip on the Interstate Branch, the 14:30 Roadswitch heads for home.
The 07:00 Proctor Roadswitch works 140 empty ore cars up the 2.2% grade of Proctor Hill.
The 07:00 Proctor Roadswitch spots ore cars on top of Dock No. 6 as a tug breaks ice for the last ship of the season.
The 07:00 Proctor Roadswitch arrives at Dock 6 with 140 cars of iron ore. Minus 13F with a wind chill of minus 40F.
The 07:00 Proctor Roadswitch with 128 loaded ore cars for Duluth.
