With numerous 400 series tunnel motors off line for repairs or improvements, three EMD veterans handle this loaded ore train towards Two Harbors.
NS 3801 and HLCX 4200 are working the west end of Allentown yard, with a pull-out towards the L&S, on a clear winter day.
A load of Limestone heading for the mines passes under one active and one abandoned ore dock.
A pair of SD38/MT6 slug sets meet near the fuel facility. 6940/1112 are shoving a train over Selkirk hump, while 6927/1127 are heading west for the receiving yard.
DMIR 206, DMIR 869, DMIR 303
Veteran Missabe SD38 No. 202 leads an SD38-2 and 97 loaded crude ore cars over the St. Louis River.
An NS yard job pulls out with cars for sorting while the rear of 18A passes
Conrail SD38 6945 and MT-6 Slug 1100 are waiting for assignment along with GP9 7479 at Buckeye yard in Columbus, OH.
Conrail SD-38 6940 and MT-6 Slug 1112 are switching at the east end of Conway yard.
The McCloud-Mount Shasta turn pulling through the switchback at Signal Butte, prior to backing the rest of the way to McCloud.
A loaded ore train arrives at Duluth in a cloud of dust and brake shoe smoke after decending the 2.2% grade of Proctor Hill.
These ore cars, most over 50 years old, were originally pulled by massive DM&IR 2-8-8-4 Yellowstones.
The Burney creek "sink" is typical of the logging railroad standards of the McCloud.
The night job arrives back in Proctor with limestone from Duluth.
