Iron ore loads for Proctor/Duluth catch some of the final rays of the day heading south on CN's Missabe Sub near Zim, MN.
After taking about 18 hours to load their train, BLE SD40T-3 900, IC SD40-3 6253 and CN SD40u 6006 head south on the Missabe Sub. While loading at Fairlane, something let go at the load out causin... (more)
BLE SD40T-3 904 leads loaded iron ore train U791 over the diamond with CN's Rainy Sub at Ramshaw heading south towards Two Harbors.
BLE SD40T-3 904 has just made the turn at Iron Junction to head south on the Iron Range Sub to Two Harbors with a loaded iron ore train in tow.
BLE SD40T-3 904 leads 145 loads of freshly baked iron ore pellets towards the port at Two Harbors.
A repainted DMIR tunnel motor holds on the Duluth dock with a ore train.
A pair of Bessemer tunnel motors lead the MRF north into Iron Junction.
A former DM&IR tunnel motor leads R922, a limestone train, up Proctor Hill and around the famed Spirit Mountain curve.
A rare afternoon NB train of empty ore hoppers head for the harbor in Conneaut as three different EMD units roar through Conneautville.
Along the shores of Lake Michigan, a Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motor and a Grand Trunk GP9R make their way west through East Chicago, IN with the Lakefront Local to South Chicago.
B&LE 910 leads the Lakefront local west along Lake Michigan.
Still in Bessemer paint, SD40T-3 #905 leads an ore train southbound past the searchlight signals at MD South on a beautiful October day. Locomotives: BLE 905 SD40T-3CN 5422 SD60more)
BLE 905, one of the few Bessemer painted units left on CN's Bessemer Sub, leads a southbound ore train over a road underpass adorned with the classic Bessemer logo. Locomotives: BLE 90... (more)
BLE 905 leads CN and IC locos on a southbound ore train, passing Pond Road just after crossing the state line into Pennsylvania. Locomotives: BLE 905 SD40T-3CN 5422 SD60IC 1018... (more)