Just beating out the long shadows towards the end of the afternoon, an all EMD power set leads an empty limestone train down from the Minntac taconite plant and heads for Proctor.

CN EMD SD40-3 6264 leads limestone loads north at Munger.

U717 comes around the S curve at Culver, MN with DMIR 406 in the lead.

With an SD40 and two SD50's leading the way, a coal extra on the Buffalo & Pittsburgh rolls through the connection in Machias, New York and passes the out of service PRR position light signals. Th... (more)

The local has finished its work in Greenville, Il and is headed back to its home base at Rose Lake Yard in East St. Louis, IL.

NS 6418 negotiating hand switches on the Illinois Transfer Sub near Brooklyn, Illinois.

CSX 4029, a "SpongBob" 40-3 with CEFX 1046 & a CP 95 series "Carrousel de la GRC" badged AC440CW crawl up to Stone Rd. pulling the regular manifest Q384 on a bright Sunday afte... (more)

CSX's Union City - Howell Yard turn rolls south through Ben Hill on the outskirts of Atlanta

BLE 903 leads a CN empty limestone train through the fog into Proctor Yard where it will end its run from MinnTac located north of Mountain Iron, MN. This service uses ore jennies to handle the li... (more)

ACWR 200 arrives in Star as they cross one of the many bridges on the Piedmont Sub.

DMIR 404 coming off the siding at Coons along the CN Missabe sub as the trip to Proctor yard continues.

BLE 903 heads up a quartet of power for ore and limestone trains that operate between Proctor and the Mesabi Iron Range. The power is parked at the CN engine facilities in Proctor Yard between ass... (more)

ACWR 200 winds through Troy on a very cold and windy winter afternoon.

An ACWR local prepares to pull from Mt. Gilead for Star with a pair of SD40s leading 41 cars.

Under the former DW&P Rainy sub (now the CN Rainy sub) at Munger with ore for Proctor.