CN 3323, a fresh rebuild that also has straight air added for ore pool service, leads an empty limestone train back to Proctor after delivery to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.
Having left Keenan yard and getting on the CN Iron Range sub its now off to switch loads for empties at Dyno Nobel on a nice morning.
After departing Proctor, MN and a stop to drop cars off at CN's Keenan yard, CN 5485 has reassembled their train and heads for Ranier, MN.
After departing Ranier, MN and stopping at CN's Keenan yard to pick up, it's now time to head down to Proctor, MN. Note the CN track inspection boxcar behind the locomotives.
CN's Vancouver Roberts Bank, BC to Brampton Intermodal, ON heads east for Toronto with port stacks. Hillsport section is changing a "sperry rail" in the siding waiting for the intermodal to pass.
CN ET44AC 3174 enters the siding at Hillsport where it will double into the Manitouwadge track (old Manitouwadge Sub to Geco/Manitouwadge) to clear the main for a pair of morning westbound intermo... (more)
CN 594 is eastbound at Passekeag, New Brunswick.
A southbound grain train pulls up to the south end of the siding at Irvington, IL to wait for a northbound ethanol train.
On the way up to the Minntac mine on a nice evening.
The engineer leans back in the seat as he creeps along while loading iron ore bearing rock at the United Taconite coarse crusher at the Thunderbird mine.
Creating a little shadow of their own as they go between the long shadows of a late evening.
Coming up from Two Harbors, CN 2039 runs through the Nugget control point on the CN Iron Range Sub as they travel to the Minntac mine to load iron ore pellets.
CN 401 has three platforms up front and CN 2616, CN 8955 & CN 4724 for power as it passes a long string of grain cars parked on Track 29.
CN 327 has an SD70M-2 pair as it approaches Coteau, where it will leave the Kingston Sub for the Valleyfield Sub.
CN 120 unusually has four EMDs up front (as well as a test boxcar) as it approaches Turcot Ouest.
