BLE 903 and company hustle south through Kelsey with ore loads out of United Taconite in Forbes.
B&LE tunnel motors in both CN and B&LE paint sit outside the shop at Proctor.
B&LE 903 pulls empty ore jennies up Proctor Hill after dumping Taconite at the Duluth docks, and back to the Mesabi Iron Range for another trainload.
A few minutes after sunrise on a cold autumn morning and BLE 903 is thundering north from Two Harbors with 145 ore cars following kicking up some of the fresh snow that blankets the landscape as t... (more)
A northbound empty ore train from Two Harbors, MN makes it's way past the signals at S. Biwabik as the trek back to the mine for loading continues.
Freshly washed B&LE 903 leads DM&IR 403 and sister 900 up Proctor Hill with Lake Superior in the distance.
A loaded ore train heads back to Two Harbors from the Minntac Mine near Mt. Iron. Here the train passes the siding at Fairbank, about 32 mile from Two Harbors, in the middle of the Superior Nation... (more)
A loaded ore train out of the Minntac Mine at Mount Iron, MN, has a good roll on them as they pass thru Biwabik enroute back to Two harbors. The train has almost 16,000 tons of iron ore pellets bo... (more)
A loaded ore train out of the Minntac Mine at Mount Iron, MN, gives the coal to these 4 tired old ponies as they accelerate out of Iron Jct towards Two Harbors. The train has just taken the signal... (more)
Happy Halloween! BLE 903 departs United Taconite with empty ore cars on a perfect sunny and warm afternoon.
The mighty 903 tunnel motor with a full load of ore at -20 degrees.
A Proctor snowplow waits for a Roadswitch job to clear before continuing on its sanding rounds.
CN has installed new "Vader" style hooded signals along the Minntac Sub and now they are operational, having replaced the old school searchlight signals within the past week or so. Here is BLE 90... (more)
U793 makes a left hand turn at West Wye for a run down the Iron Range Sub to Two Harbors.
Minorca-Two Harbors pellets proceed south on CN's Missabe Sub.
