Snow slowed traffic down on the Missabe Sub this morning, but 2853 sits and waits for a northbound to pass to proceed south.
Two pairs of SD18/SD9 combos in two color schemes bask in the evening light while SD38AC No. 204 looks on in the background at Keenan Yard on the DMIR at Forbes, Minn. DMIR 176 is an SD18, DMIR 16... (more)
A pair of anniversary edition CN dash 8's are just about to make the turn into the Fairlane taconite plant with loads of taconite bearing rock from the Thunderbird mine located 10 miles away.
A U-715 empty limestone train holds near the end of the double track Missabe Sub. for the U-714 loaded limestone train to clear before proceeding south back to Proctor while the loads will continu... (more)
It's always fun to watch and listen to some of the impressive machinery railroad use to keep the freight moving in a safe and timely manner. Loram has made a successful business by building, oper... (more)
It's a cool minus eleven degrees and the wind chill is about minus 30 degrees or so and this U-717 from United Taconite is loaded out and ready to depart for Proctor at just about sunset on a Dece... (more)
A crude ore train dumps at the Eveleth Taconite plant on a bitter cold day (-37F was the low, -14F was the high).
Cutting through the thick morning fog, a limestone train from Proctor makes it's way north to the Minorca mine.
Southbound U-Tac loads roll around the connection at Forbes.
U711 heads onto the main at South Fairlane for a run down the Missabe Sub to Proctor.
Minorca limestone empties rocket through North Fairlane behind CN 5411 and 5351.
After meeting Q119 at North Fairlane, a pair of CN's -3s waste no time getting a set of late Minorca limestone empties back towards Proctor.
Loaded and ready to go, U717 with three different painted tunnel motors prepare for departure to Proctor.
Crude ore loads arrive at Fairlane for processing.
U718 slows for a meet at North Fairlane with stack train Q119.