A trio of SD40's (DMIR 400, BLE 903, DMIR 405) and 140 ore jennies head to Proctor, MN on a nice day.
A trio of SD40's (DMIR 400, BLE 903, DMIR 405) and 140 ore jennies seem small against the vast landscape of the Zim/Sax bog and the Bobby Aro Memorial Highway which is undergoing resurfacing.
Good leader. Good light. Steaming pellets. Minntac made taconite pellets head south down the CN Missabe sub for the yard at Proctor, MN.
A trio of EMD's lead loaded ore train U717 south, knocking down the intermediate signal at 483 in Sax, Minnesota. Former IC SD40-3 6256 is in the lead, wearing some pretty warn CN paint.
Repainted BLE 903 leads ore loads south near Sax, MN.
Heading south to catch the UP 4014 and had to pull over to take the token 3/4 wedge shot of CN 5349 running south on the CN Missabe sub after they dumped out limestone at the Fairlane taconite pla... (more)
A pair of BC Rail painted locomotives lead a CN manifest freight as it heads north on the Missabe Sub, speeding alongside Highway 7 through Sax.
A trio of EMD SD40's leads iron ore train U717 as it heads towards Duluth, about to cross Sax Road in Sax, Minnesota.
A matched trio of DMIR tunnel motors and 135 ore cars loaded with taconite pellets stretch back as far as can be seen as they rumble along the Missabe sub passing through the Sax bog, a popular lo... (more)
Rolling southbound on the CN Missabe sub with 138 loads of taconite pellets trailing behind.
CN SD40-2Ws 5262 and 5268 hustle a short train south on the Missabe Sub heading back towards the yard at Proctor.
CN SD40-2Ws 5262 and 5268 hustle a short L593 towards Proctor on the Missabe Sub.
Evidence of "Old School" communications equipment still visible on the left
IC SD40-3s 6254, 6264 and DMIR SD40T-3 402 follow the code line southward on CN's Missabe Sub with 141 loads of fresh iron ore pellets for the dock at Duluth in tow.
Three of CN's cleanest C40-8s bring an empty (well, mostly empty - a few of the cars wouldn't dump at Minntac!) limestone train south on the Missabe.
