Arriving and now departing under the cover of darkness, the crew on board CN 6024 calls RTC to say they are loaded out and ready to depart Fairlane and head back to Proctor with 144 loads of tacon... (more)

A relief crew arrives by van to take these pellet loads back to Proctor, MN while a T-Bird train inches up along side to illuminate the train so the new crew can release the handbrakes before take... (more)

Typical spring in northeastern Minnesota as this empty ore train heads north for another load from United Taconite.

Beautiful code blue conditions with fresh snow as this loaded ore train rumbles across the impressive Cloquet River Bridge.

A switch job behind a pair of former DM&IR SD38-2s works the E Lead while an empty ore train for Minntac West prepares to depart.

The "blue hour" gives way as the sun eases above the tree line and clears the clouds over Lake Superior. A Proctor Roadswitch sets out a bad order mini-quad while the yard power works a cut of "bo... (more)

At sunrise the Proctor Roadswitch spots ore cars for unloading on Dock 6 on a below zero morning.

A trio of veteran EMDs ease ore loads into Two Harbors on a nice crisp winter morning.

CN 6024, IC 6264 and IC 6256 roll south from the Minorca mine with 140 loads of steaming taconite pellets on a sunny but cold winter day. They are aiming for Two Harbors, MN but this crew will fa... (more)

A U-789 Minntac west side pellet loader with 140 loads of steaming taconite pellets rolls through Fayal on the shortest day of the year.

4 SD40u's hold back a loaded taconite train as they descend Proctor Hill. Former DM&N shops can be seen in the distance.

The Proctor road switch rolls down hill with a load of Ore for dock 6 in Duluth behind a quad of SD40U's. This photo was recently made possible by the construction of a new bridge just south of Pr... (more)

After bringing the loads down the hill from Proctor, the crew prepares to shove them out on dock 6 for unloading. They will be added to the huge pile on the ground already there from winter stockp... (more)

CN SD40u 6024 prepares to hammer the diamond at Ramshaw, crossing over CN's Rainy Sub with a loaded ore train for Two Harbors.

Loaded ore for Two Harbors, MN crosses over the DW&P diamond