Last of maroon and gold SD38s set to get underway with U-717 in tow.

DMIR SD9 no. 130, one of two boiler equipped units on the railroad leads an empty ore drag from the Duluth docks into Proctor Yard. Showing off the freshly re-painted Arrowhead scheme, these 20 ye... (more)

Flyover view of Proctor Yard.

DMIR 166, a Phase IV SD9, and the last high nose SD9 to operate on the Missabe joins with SD18 No. 181 to compare notes at Proctor, Minn. in July 1976. Note the subtle difference between the units... (more)

In the last minutes of light on a gorgeous spring evening, empties climb the hill to Proctor. On a weekend family getaway to Duluth, railfanning was on the backburner, but these few minutes witnes... (more)

BLE sisters #906 and #892 team up to switch out the E-Yard. Note the CN track machine on the flatcar behind the engines and the pair of SD60F's waiting to move a limestone train north.

This used to all be ore...

A loaded ore train pulls into the Proctor Yard on a busy morning. Here the train passes the yard job doing switching on the lead to the left, and another ore train waiting for dock room on the rig... (more)

While CN is currently removing Bessemer units from their home rails out east, Bessemer 909 continues to operate on former DM&IR rails.

Setting up a mixed freight early morning at Proctor yard.

This late evening look inside the DMIR Proctor shops finds 1967 scheme DMIR 142, a Phase 3 SD9 in the company of SD38ACs, an SD18 and an SDM. By this time it was becoming more difficult to find th... (more)

An aerial view of CN's former DM&IR roundhouse at Proctor.

A nice sampling of EMD power on a cool spring day.

DMIR 166, a phase 4 SD9, resists the temptation of the newer arrowhead scheme while waiting with a mix of SD18s, other SD9s and SD38ACs for its next assignment. The yellow vertical stripe on the n... (more)

A Proctor Hill dock run gets underway with SD38ACs 207 and 203 paired up as it crosses the public crossing at the east end of Proctor yard. The train will descend Proctor Hill and exchange its loa... (more)