Missabe Miracle… high fives went all around the St. Louis River Road bridge In Proctor, MN on June 6, 2022 as the 17:00 E Lead job kicks cars at DMIR’s old Proctor yard in golden hour sun with... (more)

It was as cold as it looks.

After meeting a northbound intermodal core train, CN loaded iron ore train U717 pulls out of the siding at the south end of Coons in Saginaw, Minnesota. Steam wafts off the cars as the freshly bak... (more)

After dumping limestone for the Minorca mine and then waiting for traffic to clear on the CN Rainy sub, a trio of BLEs finally depart the plant for the trip back to the yard at Proctor just about ... (more)

Cutting through the long shadows of a short winter afternoon on the way back to Proctor yard.

Lancaster and Chester Railroad came to Lancaster with GP38AC 2866 pulling a train from AmeriSteel. They left the train near the old office building on Main Street and got on board L&C 6002. Origin... (more)

When I planned a recent day out railfanning with the Lancaster and Chester Railroad, my main goal was to get LC 14 with two of their KLW SE32Cs on it. Well, I did it! It was a dream and I accompli... (more)

BLE 906 prepares to depart the Thunderbird mine as another T-bird pulls up behind it

BLE 906 leads ore empties North past the Saginaw depot in the snow

The day after April Fool's Day and CN had this little surprise present itself, DMIR 400 and DMIR 404 leading a pellet train back to Two Harbors from the Minorca taconite plant. The two former Miss... (more)

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)

The CN climbs out of the Lake Winnebago basin south of Fond du Lac on Bryon Hill. Trains climb from 820 feet to around 1,060 feet in 6 miles. With 20,000 tons of iron ore bound for the Gulf, this ... (more)

The CN climbs out of the Lake Winnebago basin south of Fond du Lac on Bryon Hill. Trains climb from 820 feet to around 1,060 feet in 6 miles. With 20,000 tons of iron ore bound for the Gulf, this ... (more)

Lancaster and Chester Train 12 has just picked up some cars from LC 12 and is now heading to Richburg to work the various industries there. With all of the changed I have seen on the L&C in 25 yea... (more)

IIRC this is the train that brought all the boys to the yard. A trio of BLE tunnels sit in the siding at the former DWP yard at Virginia with their train of limestone loads after a trip to the Mi... (more)