Lancaster & Chester train 14 at Circle S

BLE 903 leads a CN empty limestone train through the fog into Proctor Yard where it will end its run from MinnTac located north of Mountain Iron, MN. This service uses ore jennies to handle the li... (more)

DMIR 404 coming off the siding at Coons along the CN Missabe sub as the trip to Proctor yard continues.

Light snow falls as BLE 903 gets underway back to Proctor yard after loading and now leaving United Taconite with ore.

BLE 903 heads up a quartet of power for ore and limestone trains that operate between Proctor and the Mesabi Iron Range. The power is parked at the CN engine facilities in Proctor Yard between ass... (more)

Ridiculous cold morning just as the sun begins to rise, hot taconite pellets create quite a steam cloud as the move south.

With lights out of the yard and onto the Missabe sub for the trip back to Proctor, three BLE motors start pulling.

Heading to Proctor with ore from United Taconite.

Just a couple of SD40-3s barking up Proctor Hill with limestone loads in tow. Keen eyes will spot Duluth's Aerial Lift Bridge and really keen eyes will see an ore train unloading on top of CN's do... (more)

Now arriving Proctor yard.

D&RGW 5371, 5377, and 5390 lead the Dirt Train back off the Sunnyside Branch.

USSC 6324 on its first day running the DeSoto Turn since being put into service.

Having picked up 15 additional cane loads from the Shawnee loadout, Cane 3 is now headed straight for the US Sugar mill. If someone told me a year ago that I would be seeing a tunnel motor in cane... (more)

KRR power rolls past going westbound about to cross the CPKC Shreveport Sub.

Daily Mulberry, FL-New Orleans, LA mixed with the traditional runthru power from SP. This tradition continued into the UP years, but eventually the train routing was changed and replaced with ano... (more)