Low winter light bathes this iron ore train as they head for home at Proctor yard.

Fresh out of Minntac with freshly made iron ore pellets bound for Proctor tard.

A rare sight to find DMIR 215 out of captivity. Usually, it never leaves Proctor yard anymore much less do it go north. IIRC these two were being used to pull cars from storage in the former LTV m... (more)

Having a little trackside snack of raspberries waiting for the train to arrive.

Just before sunset, BLE 900 gets lights out of United Taconite and starts the pull back to Proctor yard.

BLE 906 leading the way up to United Taconite's Fairlane plant to load iron ore.

A trio of BLEs with 139 ore cars loaded with pellets departs the Minntac mine property for the run back to Proctor, MN.

Tunnel Motor at Madison
I don't think I've ever seen a Bessemer and Lake Erie locomotive before, especially around St. Louis. This one is at Quality Rail Services for maintenance.

A late afternoon departure with iron ore pellets bound for Proctor yard.

Heading back to Proctor after loading iron ore pellets at United Taconite.

Snow continues to fall as blue hour switches to darkness while BLE 906 gets lights to pull iron ore loads from United Taconite and begin the return trip back to Proctor yard.

With a train of steaming pellets from the Fairlane Taconite Plant in tow, DMIR 406 leads CN U71781-04 as it slowly makes its way into the yard at Proctor, Minnesota to tie the train down where it ... (more)

With a pair of Bessemer tunnel motors bracketing an SD40-2W, Canadian National dock job R921 shoves out on to Dock 6 in Duluth, Minnesota with a train of loaded ore hoppers for unloading. The out ... (more)

The last sliver of light hits the nose of BLE 906 as they cross the intersection of Highways 101 and 7 heading back home to Proctor yard.

Coming up from Proctor to load at United Taconite before returning back to Proctor and all the while not seeing much but the fog covered landscape.