Two GP9s work sans their slug partner on the E lead.
A bit of wide angle lens play makes the 407 appear much larger than little brother SD38-2 212. Both are Missabe veterans, with 407 tracing its original birthright back to 1976 as SSW 9278 (SP) and... (more)
Two former DM&IR SD38-2s switch cars in a frosted surrounding.
A pair of former DM&IR SD38-2s switch the E Yard at Proctor. Missabe 215 is one of two remaining former DM&IR units still wearing Missabe lettering and paint (SD40-3 403 is the other).
A nice sampling of EMD power at the former DM&IR engine facility located northwest of Duluth.
I was pretty excited at age 18 to be using my new 35 mm Canon TL/QL with probably my first roll of color slide film. The family had travelled to Duluth to celebrate the 4th of July, and Dad let me... (more)
The aftermath of a rain squall mists north of the scales as former Missabe tunnel motor leads limestone cars into Proctor yard.
SD38ACs DMIR 207 and 203 wait their turn to make another run down Proctor Hill with ore loads for the Duluth dock. Phase 4 SD9 DMIR 161 waits its assignment on the next track.
On a crisp fall morning two appropriately colored engines take this load of pellets down to the dock. I have seen a few people on here asking why the trains run around this track here. The track t... (more)
An overview of the CN yard at Proctor, MN looking northeast. The car shop is at the bottom and the yard office/tower is on the opposite side directly above. The roundhouse, diesel shop and turnt... (more)
Flying over CN's Proctor Yard. Elevation, is indeed, everything.
A pair of BLE Tunnel units and a CN SD40-2W lead this loaded taconite train into the north end of Proctor Yard past the scale
DMIR main top of Proctor Hill near Proctor
New and old, side by side. New additions to Canadian National pass DMIR 215-- a grizzled veteran of the Iron Range.
A long view of the CN yard at Proctor, MN. Engine facility is on the middle left and the car repair shop is middle right. What was once strictly an ore staging yard for the mines of northern Mi... (more)
