After dumping limestone at the Minorca mine, a trio of BLEs finally get favorable signals to leave and head back to Proctor, MN and the yard.

A nice leader, in the form of a Bessemer & Lake Erie painted tunnel motor, awaits its departure from Proctor Yard with a train of loads. A fellow tunnel motor and an IC SD40-3 trail.

A blue hour departure under snowy skies.

Coming north from Proctor yard to load iron ore pellets.

BLE 906 leading the way up to United Taconite's Fairlane plant to load iron ore.

Snow continues to fall as blue hour switches to darkness while BLE 906 gets lights to pull iron ore loads from United Taconite and begin the return trip back to Proctor yard.

The last sliver of light hits the nose of BLE 906 as they cross the intersection of Highways 101 and 7 heading back home to Proctor yard.

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.

Coming down from the border town of Ranier, MN, BLE 906 adds to the color along with the boxcars in an otherwise brown scene as they head for Proctor on the CN Missabe Sub.

After delivering limestone to the Minorca mine, a trio of BLEs led by BLE 906 come down the CN Rainy Sub at sunset catching a few of the last rays of the day.

Pumpkins Climb Spirit Mountain: BLE 906 leads fellow Bessemer SD40T-3 #904 and CN/IC SD40-3 #6255 as they lug ore empties up Spirit Mountain from Dock 6 in Duluth to Proctor Yard. Stormy skies and... (more)

An empty ore train screams up Proctor Hill on it's way to Proctor yard, with 2 out of the final 3 remaining BLE tunnel motors in the Iron Range region.

With a Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motor and a CN Anniversary Dash 8 on the point, CN U731 rounds the bend as it rolls through Iron Junction, Minnesota and heads towards the Fairlane Taconite Plan... (more)

B&LE tunnel motor 906 leads the Two Harbors MRF South through Iron Junction.

Dodging clouds with rain and breaks of sun mixed in, a trio of BLEs haul limestone loads north on the CN Missabe Sub for the Minorca mine.