Veteran Missabe tunnelmotors pulling vintage DMIR ore cars in the winter on Minnesota's Iron Range.
That afternoon glow before the sun dips behind the horizon. The sun has now set for trailing unit CN 2131 having been placed in the deadline at Proctor and will head south for disposition while t... (more)
After finishing their work at Keenan yard, CN 5419 begins to pull south for Proctor as L567 comes to a stop in the fog preparing to do its work at Keenan.
IC 6251 leads a taconite train out of the Fairlane Processing Facility.
After arriving from at the Fairlane Taconite Plant in Forbes, Minnesota with empties from Proctor, the U716 crew cut away from their train to go down to the head end of raw ore shuttle U731 that h... (more)
A quiet night with the Northern Lights doing their thing in the sky and the signal at S. Fairlane doing its thing.
Limestone loads head north on the Missabe Sub.
With lights to depart, DMIR 408 begins to pull and head back to Proctor, MN.
The taconite pellets go by as they head back to Proctor while the empty T-Bird waits to depart.
Love the smell of steaming pellets and EMDs in the morning.
An empty departs Fairlane with a pair of North American stenciled SD40-2Ws.
Missabe pumpkin Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range EMD SD38 No. 222 has made it to Minnesota from sister steel road Elgin, Joliet and Eastern. On September 25, 1994, the orange locomotive wit... (more)
IC 6254 leads passing between N. Fairlane and S. Fairlane on the CN Missabe Sub.
Coming out of United Taconite with steaming pellets bound for Proctor as a railfan captures the moment.
Coming out of United Taconite and crossing over to Main 1 for the trip back north to the mine to reload.
