A Roadswitch job spots ore cars on the top of Dock 6 while the large 1000-footer Edgar B. Speer is in position to load (the ship is also owned by CN through its purchase of Great Lakes Transportat... (more)
A Proctor Roadswitch eases towards the ore docks in Duluth with a loaded train.
A Proctor Roadswitch crew has run around their train and will couple up and shove the loads out to the ore dock for dumping.
Arriving and now departing under the cover of darkness, the crew on board CN 6024 calls RTC to say they are loaded out and ready to depart Fairlane and head back to Proctor with 144 loads of tacon... (more)
Typical spring in northeastern Minnesota as this empty ore train heads north for another load from United Taconite.
Safety First.
Beautiful code blue conditions with fresh snow as this loaded ore train rumbles across the impressive Cloquet River Bridge.
As the Proctor Roadswitch prepares to head back to its namesake with empties the Dock Switch has coupled onto loads and will shove them to the ore dock for dumping.
A switch job behind a pair of former DM&IR SD38-2s works the E Lead while an empty ore train for Minntac West prepares to depart.
The "blue hour" gives way as the sun eases above the tree line and clears the clouds over Lake Superior. A Proctor Roadswitch sets out a bad order mini-quad while the yard power works a cut of "bo... (more)
At sunrise the Proctor Roadswitch spots ore cars for unloading on Dock 6 on a below zero morning.
A couple of former Santa Fe units rest at the Paducah & Louisville yard.
A trio of veteran EMDs ease ore loads into Two Harbors on a nice crisp winter morning.
CN 6024, IC 6264 and IC 6256 roll south from the Minorca mine with 140 loads of steaming taconite pellets on a sunny but cold winter day. They are aiming for Two Harbors, MN but this crew will fa... (more)
4 SD40u's hold back a loaded taconite train as they descend Proctor Hill. Former DM&N shops can be seen in the distance.
