In an interesting turn of events, USSC 6324 would wound up being the power for Cane 3 after being taken off the Fort Pierce Turn. The tunnel motor would return leading LHF, picking up 10 loaded ca... (more)

After leading the Fort Pierce Turn out of the yard, SD40T-2 USSC 6324 would be set off for an unknown reason on a rarely used spur, just before Evercane Road. FPT-10 then continued with just USSC ... (more)

A CN crew spots ore cars for unloading at Dock 6 as the veteran laker s/s Wilfred Sykes loads for Indiana Harbor as the end of the Lake Superior shipping season nears.

Fresh pellet steam wisps off of the loaded taconite cars as Canadian National's U717 snakes its way out of the departure tracks at the Fairlane Taconite Plant in Forbes, Minnesota. A trio of class... (more)

BLE 909 and two other EMDs ease a train of taconite down the hill from Proctor to Duluth, MN.

The first pellets of the new year are loaded into 137 ore cars and ready to go back to Proctor yard behind three BLE tunnels.

U716 loads at UTAC's Fairlane processing plant with BLE 909-904-906 for power. Once loaded, the 137 car train will head back south to Proctor as U717. There are five B&LE tunnel motors assigned to... (more)

The sun has now dipped below the horizon and thus brings to the end the first day of 2024 as a trio of BLE motors glide along on the southbound trip back to Proctor with 137 cars of taconite pelle... (more)

BLE 909 leads an empty limestone train south at Munger, MN where the former Missabe mainline from Iron Jct. to Proctor, MN goes under the former DW&P main from Virginia, MN to Nopeming Jct., MN. C... (more)

A Southern Pacific freight heads east along the "beautiful" Los Angeles River on the Union Pacific's Los Angeles Sub, which it uses to head south ("railroad east") through this part of downtown Lo... (more)

US Sugar’s newest acquisition, USSC 6324, sitting at the South Shops, almost ready to enter service. 6324 is originally a Cotton Belt tunnel motor, eventually being acquired by US Sugar from Wes... (more)

BLE 903 makes its way south into Burnett, as the taconite steams away on this chilly winter evening.

After 22 miles of downgrade from the summit near Grass Lake siding, this eastbound intermodal train has hit the Butte Valley floor at Mount Hebron. At the time, doublestacks on the Shasta Route we... (more)

On a cold winter evening, the BLE trio idles beside IC 6251 in Proctor Yard. DMIR 215 can also be seen doing work in the background, making three of CN's predecessor roads visible in this photo.

A heavy snow squall ensues as a steaming taconite train makes its way south on the Missabe Sub through Culver.