Interesting mix of power on this PRS.
Two Harbors, MN - Mountain Iron, MN empties
An empty ore train speeds through Wolf behind a killer power lashup.
Quite the lashup heads into Iron Junction with 137 ore empties to be loaded a little further to the north at the Mountain Iron facility.
Another train of taconite pellets decends down from U.S. Steel Minntac bound for Two Harbors, MN.
The 06:30 PRS heads down the hill just moments after sunrise.
Power lays over for the night at Two Harbors diesel facility. For a class one railroad, this is still a strong hold for older power on the CN. Due to the use of 2 air systems on the ex-DMIR proper... (more)
Sadly, this is one of the better consists the Missabe can offer nowadays. Every scheme on the Missabe is represented, minus the best looking, Missabe maroon and EJE orange.
Loaded ore train catches the last rays of light as it departs the massive U.S. Steel plant (in the distance). The train has new CN ore cars, which have proved troublesome during cold weather opera... (more)
The temp is still below zero as three ex-IC SD40-3s power a loaded taconite train from Minntac to Two Harbors with a cut of new CN ore cars.
M336 waits at Le Moyne for cross traffic on the BRC to clear.
Minntac loads heading south towards Two Harbors, pictured just north of Waldo.
Illinios Central 6260 and DM&IR 215 lead a train of iron ore pellets south towards Proctor.
Temp read -25 below zero with wind chill much lower as T-bird loads pull into Fairlane Taconite plant.
U-TAC empties depart Proctor with the DM&IR 215 trailing.
