On this Star Wars Day, a flashback to February when a Deathstar was leading a T-Bird seen finished up loading at the United Taconite coarse crusher and getting ready to depart for the plant.

On this Star Wars Day, a flashback to February when a Deathstar was leading a T-Bird.

Ready to Go. This clean looking SD40-3 appears ready to go as it sits in Nahant Yard.

The snowless winter. DMIR 400 leads back to Proctor in the late afternoon winter light after loading iron ore at United Taconite.

The snowless winter. DMIR 404 leads back to Proctor after dumping limestone at the U.S. Steel Minntac plant. CN uses these DMIR Difco side dumps in cold weather months to help the dumping of produ... (more)

Deathstar In Darkness. With one empty center-beam picked up from Cook County Lumber in tow, CN’s R967 “Recycle Job” is viewed from the 18th Street overpass in the South Loop, making t... (more)

K80, a push/pull local, works the Wenger feed mill in Shippensburg, the northernmost customer for the train. This unit apparently is a former SOO Line SD40-2.

K80 heads north past a farm between Greencastle and Marion. This is the former Cumberland Valley RR main and in places currently a 60 MPH freight railroad. K80 is a Greencastle based local that... (more)

Three ICs work the E-Lead job at Proctor yard on Black Friday afternoon.

Aberdeen Carolina & Western train 100 at Ramble Road in Midland

After meeting iron ore empties on U714, empty limestone train U716 pulls out of the siding at Alborn, Minnesota to continue down the Missabe Subdivison towards Proctor. The train is made up of sid... (more)

DMIR 404 gives a roll-by to a northbound sand train before proceeding to Proctor yard with its train of iron ore pellets.

DMIR 406 heads up one of the two sets of T-Birds which are both at the north end with the 406 currently loading while a GE set waits their turn.

The L594 job from Two Harbors, MN to Keenan yard brings the usual couple of engines from the ore pool and miscellaneous cars plus almost 7000 ft of empty centerbeams that were being stored in the ... (more)

A trio of IC's load taconite bearing rock at the United Taconite coarse crusher.