A mixed bag of CN power that now roams the former Missabe pull 58 somewhat empty limestone cars down the Missabe Sub. heading for Kelsey where they will die on hours.

After delivering what is not frozen in the bottoms of the cars, this limestone extra heads back south from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant to Proctor.

Limestone empties head back to Proctor.

As light snow falls and empty limestone train passes by a stopped A-438 at Adolph, just north of Proctor. Duluth/Proctor received two feet of snow between Christmas Eve and this morning.

DM&IR 410 leads the way through a blinding snowstorm with limestone loads bound for U.S. Steel's Minntac plant.

Some of the many colors of CN represented with Missabe DM&IR 210 leading the way banking the curve at Bear Trap Road on a empty limestone train from Minntac bound for Proctor.

DM&IR 210 leads a train under the signals at Adolph and makes the final curve and approach to Proctor Yard and home.

DM&IR 210 pulls a mostly empty limestone train into the yard track at Proctor.

A fairly clean tunnel motor leads Minntac limestone loads northbound for the plant.

The many colors of CN. Maroon DM&IR 210 leads a southbound limestone train along with a repainted into CN colors former Missabe unit and a black Illinios Central unit.

Missabe 413 leads two repainted sisters south towards Proctor with empty limestone cars from Minntac.

Ah, well worth the wait on a cold wind-swept bridge as this solid set of Missabe maroon units (412, 212, 403) arrived at Proctor with Minntac limestone empties. It is very hard in 2008 to get th... (more)

IC 6256 is one of five IC SD40-3s to arrive on the Missabe as replacements for units like trailing 410 and 412, which are expected to be retired soon.

Blizzard! Three units lead a Minntac limestone north in near white-out conditions that were keeping MOW and signal crews very busy today, but the trains kept running.

A repainted Missabe tunnel motor leads two B&LE sisters (903/909) on an empty Minntac limestone train during the last rays of sun.