Bessemer & Lake Erie 904 is out of RC yard duty on an empty ore train bound for MinnTac from Two Harbors. This day was particularly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms in the area but with sheer l... (more)

BLE 909 leads the MRF local south through Culver on a muggy afternoon.

BLE 903 and company hustle south through Kelsey with ore loads out of United Taconite in Forbes.

Sailing along the CN Missabe sub with fresh baked taconite pellets for the yard at Proctor, MN.

A pretty stellar consist for the 1100 Thunder Bay Yard Job heads across the city light power. DMIR 403, CN 5351, DMIR 407

The 1100 Thunder Bay yard heads towards the Mission with three tankcars for McAshpalt and a dozen empty flatcars for the Resolute mill.

B&LE tunnel motors in both CN and B&LE paint sit outside the shop at Proctor.

An EX-DMIR Tunnel Motor leads a CN taconite train onto the Ore Docks in Duluth.

DMIR 405 SD40T-3
CN 5318 SD40-2W
CN 5349 SD40-2W

Bessemer tunnel motor 910 sits in Joliet Yard.

This was a rare find as there are not too many tunnel motors left. BLE 910 takes a break at Joliet Yard on a freezing February day.

DMIR 407 + CN 9581 head down the Mission Spur crossing the CP Westfort industrial lead. The massive Resolute Mill provides the backdrop

A pair of Tunnel Motors and an SD40-3 enter Proctor Yard with a train of loads from the Fairlane plant. The three classic EMD's are seen making their way down the scale track as the sun heads for ... (more)

BLE 910 cuts through the fog as it muscles a pulldown out of Kirk Yard in Gary, Indiana.

A few miles into the trip from United Taconite back to Proctor, MN the sun makes a quick appearance on BLE 900 before ducking back into the overcast sky.

After loading their train, BLE 900 takes the signals out of the yard at United Taconite to enter the CN Missabe Sub for the trip back to Proctor, MN.