BLE909 904 and 906 haul 46 empties thru Iron

Humming along passing through Iron Jct., MN, BLE 909 heads back to Proctor, MN with ore cars used to deliver limestone to the Minorca mine.

A trio of BLE SD40-3's (rebuilt SD45T-2 Tunnel Motors of SP heritage) leads a southbound empty limestone train over the bridge at Kelsey, MN.

After delivering limestone loads up to the Minorca mine near Virginia, MN, a trio of BLE leads the cars back down to Proctor, MN passing through Iron Jct. on the way.

Two Bessemer tunnel motors bring a loaded T-bird through Iron Junction in the snow.

Management said they want to send the EMD's on the Iron Range out with a bang and I'd say they're doing a great job. It had been over five years since the last time a trio of orange T's were toget... (more)

Three B&LE painted tunnel motors lead Minorca limestone empties down to Lakehead in Duluth.

A duo of Bessemer tunnel motors depart Fairlane with a T-bird.

A BLE duo pulls taconite rock south on the CN Missabe sub.

A nice spring snow falls on BLE 909 as they head off the Minntac sub shortly and will then run down the Missabe sub back to Proctor with these empty limestone cars.

BLE 909 leads the way back to Proctor with limestone empties while spring snows fall.

A pair of B&LE tunnel motors depart Fairlane with a T-bird.

Heading through the landscape with some of last remaining snows still visible trackside. Plenty of it the shaded wooded areas but the open spaces susceptible to the warm sun are becoming snow fre... (more)

A nice-looking pair of BLE motors and a long string of 114 ore cars leave the yard track at the United Taconite plant behind and head back to the mine bathed in that warm afternoon light.

On a snowy Minnesota afternoon, two BLE SD40T-3’s lead the T-Bird south across Highway 7 in Mountain Iron as they head to Fairlane.