BNSF 9685 leads it's train of coal empties through the yard at Kelly Lake, MN passing an old BN caboose on a work train in the process.

BNSF 9685 pulls it's train of coal empties slowly through the yard at Kelly Lake, MN getting ready to take the signal to head back south to Superior, WI and ultimately back out west for more loads... (more)

After making up the train, a pair of veteran Cascade green former BN engines sit quietly on a Sunday morning.

After loading taconite at U.S. Steel Keewatin Taconite (or Keetac ) BNSF 6284 has the signal to head south and off of Minnesota's Iron Range bound for the dock at Allouez, Wisconsin.

After getting the green light from the dispatcher, an empty coal train prepares to depart Kelly Lake and head south.

BN GP35's 2520 and 2524 at Kelly Lake with ore loads. Photo not taken by me, but is part of my collection. No photographer information on slide.

After spending some of the day working around Keewatin, the crew of the Kelly Lake Local has moved their train into the yard at Kelly Lake and tied it down for the night. The locomotives will be f... (more)

A tunnel in Minnesota? Sort of. A loaded taconite train departs the Hibtac Plant passing under a mining area through a long concete culvert. This mine haul road overpass is the largest precast con... (more)

Often overlooked on the Mesabi Iron Range are the ore trains of the BNSF. With new units on line, consists are starting to look better. A loaded taconite train from the Hibtac Plant passes through... (more)

A BN DPU in pumpkin orange provides a nice break from the boring brown of a Minnesota spring.

This DPU works at pushing more than a mile of ore cars full of taconite from the Keetac production plant.