QCM 25 leads a train of loaded ore cars over the south siding switch at Able, where it met a northbound empty.

At the time when we took this shot we had no idea of the tragedy taking place in New York City. Everyone remembers 9/11 and where they were. It is 8:50a.m. on September 11, 2001 and we are follo... (more)

Trio of M-636's pulling through the loader at the Mont Wright ore mine.

A trio of M636's leads a loaded ore train south towards the pellent plant at Port Cartier. This location is just south of Charles siding.

The 11th-Hour: You couldn't cut it any closer. In June 2002 the replacement of Cartier's Alcos wasn't months or weeks away, it was days away. The new GE AC4400s purchased by the remote ore road ha... (more)

The damaged unit came to town to get its rear truck repaired by the local shop before being send back to the GE plant for further repair and is seen here on a snowy morning awaiting pick up in the... (more)

QCM79 ex Alco demonstrator 636-1 and M636 81 sit at the crew change point at mile 170 with a loaded iron ore train.

I found these two units on a setout track in Albia, Iowa. If anybody knows what happened to them let me know.

Fire Lake crude iron ore train is heading to Mount Wright to unload.

Aerial View of inside Mount Wright with the Cartier Fire Lake Train getting ready to dump crude iron ore rock for further processsing. They make 4 to 6 trips to Mount Wright per 24 hour period.

Truck trains race to beat the incoming storm

Cartier 26 leads a loaded iron ore train past one of many ponds on the northend of the line as 3 loons watch

Cartier 26 and 19 pass a beautiful pond on Route 389 as they take a loaded ore train to Port Cartier

Ore train continuing on its trip to Port-Cartier. Notice the trundra type landscape