IC SD40-3 6260 is southbound between Fairlane and Kelsey leading U714's limestone empties back to Proctor.
A rolling steam bank down the Missabe sub behind BLE 900, CN 5338 and IC 6253 and pulling DMIR/Missabe ore cars loaded up at the United Taconite facility. The exhaust plume is from said facility ... (more)
The R901 job out of Keenan usually has about 5 or 6 cars when they come back and usually come back much earlier in the day but today they have 181 cars total and 7500 feet behind them with 174 san... (more)
Looking quite good, IC SD40-3 6251 is northbound on CN's Missabe Sub with loaded limestone train U715.
Along with their normal task of switching the Dyno Nobel facility outside Biwabik, today's R901 Keenan job also had the project of retrieving 174 sand empties from storage on the former Erie Minin... (more)
The last slivers of light illuminate the R901 with it's 732 total axels that are coming off the CN Iron Range Sub and heading south on the CN Missabe Sub at Iron Jct. with sand empties from storag... (more)
Three IC's lead taconite loads about to pass under the Highway 33 bridge at Saginaw as they head to Proctor.
The trio of deathstars arrive in Proctor Yard, and the crew is soon to end their journey from up north, a new crew will take over and bring the train down to the dock in Duluth.
IC SD40-3 6260 charges south on the Minntac Sub with what would normally be an empty limestone train. Today however, it's returning south to Proctor but the limestone cars are loaded with iron ore... (more)
L567's train cools its heels at Iron Junction. Eventually, they will crossover onto Main 2 and shove into Keenan Yard.
IC SD40-3 6252, CN SD60 5414, IC SD40-3 6255 and CN SD40-2W 5338 lead a short local northbound at Fairlane.
IC SD40-3s 6251 and 6260 bracket CN C40-8s 2024 and 2026 hustling northbound at Alborn with 67 limestone loads for Minntac in tow.
Nearing Proctor Yard limits, the crew aboard this train is about to end their journey from United Taconite, and a new crew will board for the trip down to the Duluth ore dock. All three Illinois C... (more)
The IC trio continues south through the bend at Munger, where the DWP crosses over in the background.
A set of Illinois Central units head south through Burnett with fresh steaming pellets from United Taconite.
