After building the train with most of the cars at Keenan yard, GTW 6221 begins the pull south out of the yard and will lead them to Proctor with todays Misc. Road Freight. under heavy snows.

A pretty rare consist drags a cut of "triplets" to Proctor for work.

After dumping whatever limestone was not frozen in the cars and dumping what cars that would actually cooperate in the dumping process, DM&IR 212 leads the Minntac limestone train back to Proctor... (more)

Three SD40-3's provide the Rudolph effect with their CN inspired red noses dashing through the snow on a Minnesota landscape while pulling the steaming taconite pellets born at the Minorca mine th... (more)

The first snow of the season in Minnesota has started to fall. The trains still run and the world moves on. Here the raw taconite from the mine moves south down the Missabe Subdivision to the pr... (more)

The first snow of the season in Minnesota. Hope everyone has their Spam, Pop Tarts and canned crab meat because this should only last about five months or so. What once was called the Virginia L... (more)

Getting flipped the bird on the T-Bird! Blasting out of the darkness, which of these units do you think still exists? The #403! Sadly the #6257 was destroyed in a head on collision 5 1/2 months la... (more)

Many railfans have often wondered what happens to the taconite pellets that fall off of or drop through the ore cars as they travel from the mine to the ore docks. Well here is the answer. Throw ... (more)

Using John Ryan's massive 300mm beast, one of 3 T-Bird test trains heads back to Fairlane with another load.

Ah the former Missabe! Illinois Central 6204 is paired up with GTW 6221 representing the Keenan Switch pulling 38 hoppers northbound for spotting at Gross Nelson aggregate.

Smoking it's way through the northern Minnesota landscape, DM&IR 403 lead a train of iron ore pellets from Minntac south down the Missabe Sub. towards Proctor, MN.

The new look of the former Missabe has a couple of re-assigned SD60's in the fleet now along with the I.C. units (third back) and the two B&LE units ( fourth back). Gone are the days of the Missa... (more)

A little off the top for the Missabe Subdivision Main Two is evident by the metal shavings covering the taconite pellets and ballast rock and grinding marks on the railhead after the passing of th... (more)

A colorful consist leads 98 taconite cars back from Fairlane to Largo to load more rock at United Taconite's north crusher.

One of only two remaining DM&IR units in maroon pulls and empty T-Bird back to the Thunderbird Mine.