Former DMIR tunnel motor 408 leads two other tunnel motors south past the old depot in Saginaw.

Northbound limestone loads round the curve at Saginaw with an Illinois Central deathstar SD40 in charge.

On a sunny morning, IC 6251 leads Fairlane ore loads to Proctor.

The last IC SD40-3 with its original white frame stripe leads ore loads south past the abandoned depot in Saginaw.

BLE 909 leads the Proctor MRF through Saginaw, MN.

CN SD40-2W 5244 leads ore empties west past the old DMIR depot in Saginaw.

An Illinois Central Deathstar SD40-3 and two DMIR tunnel motors let out a puff of smoke as they haul a heavy train of taconite pellets towards Duluth. The train is about to clear the N. Coons cont... (more)

DMIR 403, still wearing her Missabe era colors, runs north on the CN Missabe Sub for the mine. DMIR 403 debuted to the world as SP 9184 in 1972 and shortly after this photo, the she would suffer... (more)

DMIR 402 thunders along with its train of steaming pellets and will shortly pass the Missabe era Saginaw depot which is surprisingly still standing trackside.

DMIR 403 rumbles north with empties on the CN Missabe Sub after departing Proctor yard bound for a northern Minnesota taconite mine for loading.

CN 2866 leads a northbound freight over the Cloquet River near Saginaw, MN on the former DMIR. The bridge is built as two separate structures sharing the same abutments, the result of double track... (more)

CN 2184 leads an eclectic trio of GEs on the point of a limestone train headed north from Proctor, MN to the Missabe iron range. The train is crossing the Cloquet River near Saginaw, MN. CN 2184 w... (more)

Empties north.

The daily manifest from Proctor, MN to Winnipeg, MB heads north at Mile 22 on CN's Missabe Sub just north of Saginaw, MN.

What a chase...with a third orange motor hidden, taconite loads for Proctor hammer through Saginaw on a gorgeous winter day. Should be maroon, but a trio of former sister road B&LE motors is hard ... (more)