Right at home! The last two DM&IR painted locos on CN's roster, SD40T-3 403 and SD38-2 215, are working the 1700 E Lead at Proctor Yard's north end. 215 has been assigned to Proctor for quite some... (more)

BLE duo pulling 114 cars of taconite rock from the mine heading towards the plant entering the N. Fairlane switch off the CN Missabe sub and onto plant property shortly.

BLE duo pulling 114 cars of taconite rock from the mine heading towards the plant about 10 miles away on a cold spring morning.

Just before midnight the evening beltpack yard job spots grain loads into Viterra A

A little fog in the air yet as BLE 906 is passing over the spring melt and rain swollen St. Louis River on the way to the United Taconite plant.

Pulling off the Missabe sub and onto the Fairlane leg heading onto the Cleveland-Cliffs United Taconite property with 114 loads of rock pulled by a BLE duo.

Bessemer & Lake Erie 905 and 862 roll through Girard, Pennsylvania as they head toward the EMSCO Plant to perform some switching and interchange with NS. The train is rolling past the historic Gir... (more)

About a half hour out from Proctor leading L568 (Ranier to Proctor) with a mixed freight, BLE 906 looks good in the low winter light on a clear afternoon.

Just underway down the CN Missabe sub for a quiet and uneventful trip to the yard at Proctor.

As the early morning sun rises, we are pacing alongside former DMIR Tunnel Motor 408 as it cruises northbound on the Missabe Sub towards Zim, Minnesota with a train of ore empties in tow for loadi... (more)

BLE 906 departs out of Fairlane with a T-bird.

Pulling off the CN Missabe sub and heading into the United taconite property with rock from the mine with a good-looking pair of DMIR locomotives and 114 DMIR ore cars.

B&LE 906 leads a T bird North through Iron Junction. The BLE 909 had a traction motor fire earlier in the day so the duo was split up as a result. Still cool seeing two tunnel motors elephant styl... (more)

A pair of B&LE tunnel motors depart Fairlane with a T-bird.

Missabe Remains. DMIR 409 and GTW 5934 lead a rail train on the Iron Range Subdivision through Biwabik, as the old Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Biwabik Roundhouse still stands strong in the backgro... (more)