U717 is just out of Utac as it steams along Highway 7 at the slight bend in the Missabe Subdivision at Sax, MN. Power is BLE 904, DM&IR 403, and CN 6017.
A classic all EMD consist and old Missabe ore cars roll south from the mine to Proctor, MN with steaming taconite pellets on a sunny but cold winter day.
With steaming pellets in tow, a U-Tac train bound for Proctor blasts down the mainline in perfect light.
With snow flocked trees in the background the BLE 904 departs Fairlane with not a lick of CN in sight.
These two old girls have been together for a long time. 40 years ago they were created to serve in the tunnels out West, grinding out long trains on the Southern Pacific/SSW. In the '90s they were... (more)
Looking like a Christmas card, Bessember 904 rolls through fresh show with a train of steaming iron ore pellets.
BLE 904-IC 6263-IC 6261 pull 135 loads of iron ore refined at Minntac into Two Harbours only seven miles from their destination.
BLE 904 strains to hold back 135 loads of taconite as she races the sun down the Minntac Sub heading for Two Harbors.
BLE 904, DMIR 400 and DMIR 405 lead a loaded taconite train through Iron Junction and towards Two Harbors.
In 2005, when James Schultz and I both worked at the LSRM, he introduced me to railroad photography. A few years later he left for the IC&E, and now he is back in town, this time as one of the you... (more)
Young hogger James Schultz has 140 Uni-Tac loads thundering at track speed towards Alborn and a crew change.
Loaded pellets cool their heels waiting for 3 northbounds.
BLE 904 and CN 5563 roll down to South Keenan where they will shove their train into Keenan Yard.
The Keenan Switch pulls down to the Mt. Iron Yard to drop off and pick up a few log cars.
B&LE 904 arrived on the Missabe last week and is seen here at Proctor with limestone loads from Duluth in the company of GT GP38-2 6221 and DM&IR SD38-2 212.
