Limestone loads head north on the Missabe Sub.

With lights to depart, DMIR 408 begins to pull and head back to Proctor, MN.

DMIR 405 leading the way back to Proctor with taconite loads.

SoPac is AOK. Although it has had a few owners since Southern Pacific, on August 12, 2021, LTEX 9362 (née-SP 9362, SD45T-2, EMD, 2/1975) looks a lot like it did when it was not wearing the... (more)

Rolling down the CN Missabe Sub rounding the bend crossing over the Cloquet River bound for Proctor yard with hot pellets from United Taconite.

Rolling down the CN Missabe Sub for Proctor yard with hot pellets from United Taconite.

Lancaster & Chester train 12 in Richburg

After setting out some engines from the Two Harbors ore pool and a few cars of interchange traffic at Keenan yard, DMIR 400 is headed back towards Two Harbors with some interchange cars.

Moments after BNSF's Spokane to Alliance intermodal entered the yard, ITSX SD40T-2 no. 2839 begins shuffling a cut of UPS and FedEx containers and trailers around the southern end of the Alliance ... (more)

An early morning departure out of Proctor now finds this trio of tunnelmotors pulling limestone loads at 0700 thru the yard at Virginia at track speed to climb the hill up the south side of the La... (more)

Southern Pacific 8321 is the lone helper on an eastbound manifest as it rolls down the hill in Cajon Pass, while an eastbound Santa Fe works up the hill towards Summit.

In beautiful evening sunshine, Bessemer & Lake Erie 903 leads a CN SD40-2 and a C40-8 north with an empty ore train. A loaded train can be seen on the adjacent track awaiting a crew to take it sou... (more)

With a pair of Bessemer tunnel motors bracketing an SD40-2W, Canadian National dock job R921 shoves out on to Dock 6 in Duluth, Minnesota with a train of loaded ore hoppers for unloading. Alongsid... (more)

A set of light power is drifting downgrade at Shawmut.

Missabe Miracle… high fives went all around the St. Louis River Road bridge In Proctor, MN on June 6, 2022 as the 17:00 E Lead job kicks cars at DMIR’s old Proctor yard in golden hour sun with... (more)