What a pair. In a fairly rare occurrence for this job, BLE 906 and BLE 909 are paired up as one set of power for the T-Bird mine shuttles moving rock from the mine to the plant. They look good in... (more)

Cold and clear sailing back to Proctor, MN for these four EMD vets and fifty-eight limestone empties.

Heading south while a DP unit heads north along the double track portion of the CN Missabe sub.

Heading back to Proctor with a mostly empty limestone train on a cold day in northern Minnesota.

Originating at Ranier, MN with a stop at Keenan yard BLE 906 is now heading down the Missabe sub to Proctor yard.

With their work done at Keenan yard and the train assembled on the main again it's time to dial up the dispatcher and get some signals for the trip heading down to Proctor yard.

It's a winter wonderland out there. Empty limestone heads back to Proctor with a nice-looking orange leader and with fresh snow all around.

Rounding the curve about to start slowing down for their next stop to do work at Keenan yard before continuing on to Proctor yard.

A colorful southbound leader glides along an otherwise mostly white landscape as this empty limestone heads back to Proctor yard on a ridiculously cold day.

Another one of CN's original heritage units, DMIR 402 along with DMIR 404 and DMIR 408 shove back under the coarse crusher at United Taconite to load.

A trio of former DMIR units pull these 114 DMIR cars down the Missabe sub passing this deer stand along the way.

A nice late fall afternoon and 3 matching former DMIR engines with 114 DMIR ore cars are hauling rocks to the plant from the mine.

Taking a turn off the Missabe sub at N. Fairlane, DMIR 402, DMIR 404 and DMIR 408 lead taconite bearing rock loads into the United Taconite property where the plant will make taconite pellets.

DMIR 404, DMIR 408 and IC 6252 pull 114 cars of taconite rock south down the Missabe sub at Wolf headed for the United Taconite plant to make into taconite pellets.

DMIR 408, DMIR 404 and DMIR 402 pull 114 cars of taconite rock south down the Missabe sub for the United Taconite to make into taconite pellets.