A trio of Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western EMD's lead a grain train through the frozen swamps outside of McKenzie, North Dakota on a frigid March morning. The train is coming off of the DMVW's Na... (more)
Early on a frosty January morning, this southbound loaded ore train heads over the scale lead into Proctor Yard.
It's shaping up to be a nice day across NE Minnesota as IC 6254, CN 6024 and IC 6252 come around from the Minntac plant with loads of taconite pellets for Proctor yard and ultimately the CN dock d... (more)
The roar of EMD prime movers and the echo of the horn fills the valley as a Buffalo & Pittsburgh coal extra cruises north past the old BR&P AD Tower at Ashford, New York after a late season snow f... (more)
Before departing back to the mine to reload, DMIR 400 has to wait for a pellet loader out of Proctor to clear first.
Hauling a train of dry ice or hot taconite pellets. Doesn't matter, can't see it anyway.
With Minntac partially visible in the distance, IC 6252 makes its way down the Minntac sub with a destination back to the yard at Proctor, MN.
As our oldest daughter Kira films the action with her phone, the engineer of CSX road local L425-26 gives a friendly wave as the train cruises over the Great Miami River Bridge in Hamilton.
Heading back to Proctor traveling down the CN Missabe Sub.
Just a few miles into its run to Silver Bay, the mid day train has their 3 motors in Run 8 with a load of crude ore.
A chilly -10F morning finds the light of a lantern briefly illuminating the nose of 409 as a waning crescent moon rises in the sky above.
After loading and departing United Taconite, it was a nice run to the siding here at Alborn were they had to wait on three northbounds to pass and clear before getting back underway for Proctor ya... (more)
Under a diffused sun, a trio of black IC's move pellets south as clouds move along in the sky.
A sunny afternoon trip back to Proctor with almost empty side dumps after delivering limestone to U.S. Steel Minntac.
The Keenan switch job bringing back a healthy cut of sand cars from out of storage on the former Erie Mining Co. property.
