After the coldest recorded winter in history, temps were at a balmy 41 degrees today as veteran tunnel motor #405 leads limestone empties back to Proctor.

The local freight from Rainer, MN heads towards Proctor, MN with a short train of local traffic for the Iron Range, Boise paper loads from International Falls, MN; and traffic from Thunder Bay, ON

A loaded ore train for Proctor/Duluth hammers the south switch at Alborn behind a trio of classic EMDs.

DMIR Tunnelmotor sisters 403 and 404 team up to haul 141 empty ore jennies north to the loop at Fairlane for another load from Unitac. The right sister was leading!

A empty limestone train runs through the siding and around a welded rail train that is holding the main on a frosty October morning.

With winter holding on and snow falling, CN 5318 is leading 144 ore cars north along the CN Missabe Sub rolling through Alborn while continuing on for loading at United Taconite on Minnesota's Ir... (more)

The Missabe local heads south in light snow with an amazing 11 units on the point. One half of the husband-wife snowman couple seemed impressed by the consist as well. Leading the train was CN GP4... (more)

With a fresh crew on board and a track warrant given, the power comes to life and the loads of taconite pellets begin to roll again as they continue the southbound trip to Proctor, MN from Minneso... (more)

Loads from Hibbing Taconite scream down the BNSF Casco Sub passing under the former Missabe's long abandoned Coleraine line on their way to the BNSF's Allouez Taconite Facility near Superior, WI.

BLE 904 hits the switch at South Alborn with ore loads for Proctor.

After being tagged and then stopped by a suspect hotbox detector the conductor had the joy of walking the train in -10 degree weather and found nothing wrong. The conductor is back on board agai... (more)

DMIR 403 in the second spot is the last DMIR painted tunnel motor on the CN roster.

Ore loads fly through Alborn en route to Proctor with a rare (MN) trio of Bessemer tunnel motors!

With ore cars full of steaming taconite, a southbound Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range train curves through Alborn, Minnesota, on September 25, 1994. The orange vertical stripes seen every four cars... (more)

As the first light breaks a limestone train runs around a rail train towards Proctor.