Budd-built track evaluation RDC 1501 sprints along the CN Missabe Sub while inspecting tracks. Apparently it's all thumbs up.

An empty limestone train heads back to Proctor after delivering to Minorca on a dull · drab · uninteresting · flat · dry · banal · bland · insipid · colorless · lifeless · sterile · ted... (more)

Ore vs. Oil at Ramshaw. With 145 cars of taconite pellets going by at 20 mph there are about 70 chances to try and get the southbound train waiting on the CN Rainy Sub framed in between two ore ca... (more)

Ore vs. Oil at Ramshaw. Oil empties, U734, wait in the clear as taconite loads, U793, cross over the ex-DWP Rainy Sub while on the ex-DMIR Iron Range Sub.

A four pack of GE's (CN 2013, 2033,2024, 2010) throttle up after coming off the CN Missabe Sub at Iron Jct. and heading to Two Harbors on the CN Iron Range Sub with taconite pellets from ArcelorMi... (more)

CN 2111 and CN 2112 run their train back up the Missabe sub from the United Taconite plant back to mine to load more taconite bearing rock. Their loads counterpart has the signals south and they ... (more)

IC 6251, the white strip, leads loads of taconite pellets south down the CN Missabe from U.S. Steel Minntac at dusk to the yard at Proctor where they will arrive in darkness.

A trio of GE's move marbles from U.S. Steel across the Iron Range sub with a destination at Two Harbors, MN.

Some color cutting thru the woods on a drab Thanksgiving eve.

Running from the plant back to the mine as daylight runs out and the shadows start to creep in.

CN 2119 gets a good roll-by from a CN snowman.

On a well below zero morning, a loaded taconite train is about a half hour into it's trip from the U.S. Steel Minntac taconite plant to the yard at Proctor, MN with 138 cars of steaming pellets in... (more)

The Keenan switch job on a bit of a rescue mission as they had to come out of the yard to a help a M341 with air issues. They ended up cutting the train apart at the mid train DPU and pulling the... (more)

The once a week trip from Kelly Lake to the Minorca mine to deliver loaded bentonite hoppers.

Cold and clear. Four EMD's with 145 ore cars behind them start the trek down the CN Iron Range Sub with pellets from the Minorca mine set to be delivered to the yard at Two Harbors, MN. on a day ... (more)