Hallett Dock locomotive 1251 is celebrating her 62nd birthday this year. Built in 1960 for Canadian Pacific, she now lives her life switching limestone cars for Canadian National's operation in Du... (more)
One rail, two sails. DMIR 404 dumps Minntac pellets on Dock 6, high above the Walter J. McCarthy which was loading nearly 60,000 tons of ore destined for Gary, IN while the CN owned Great Lakes Fl... (more)
The leaves are gone but the EMD's aren't -- for now. 13,000 horsepower sourced from three SD40-types and a solo C40-8 slug up Proctor Hill and around Bachelor's Curve with a load of Minntac limest... (more)
The theme of "Flares & F's" is on full display with this ore train recreation. Was told it was not uncommon to see F's & SD45's teamed up on these jobs back in Cuyuna Iron Range days.
Light power to pull Lakehead pulls down the Hole Track while DMIR 408 and two sisters spot empties high above on Dock 6. The sun was out for a cumulative of 15 seconds in the few minutes I was on ... (more)