Limestone loads pass a loaded ore train that's waiting to be dumped at CN's Dock 6 before attacking Proctor Hill.

Just a couple of SD40-3s, a SD40-2W and another SD40-3 barking up Proctor Hill with limestone loads in tow rounding the curve at Spirit Mountain.

Veteran Missabe tunnelmotors pulling vintage DMIR ore cars in the winter on Minnesota's Iron Range.

Repainted DMIR tunnel motor 408 leads limestone empties South through Culver.

After arriving from at the Fairlane Taconite Plant in Forbes, Minnesota with empties from Proctor, the U716 crew cut away from their train to go down to the head end of raw ore shuttle U731 that h... (more)

Repainted DMIR tunnel motor leads ore loads South into the yard in Proctor.

Repainted DMIR tunnel motor leads ore loads South through Munger.

With lights to depart, DMIR 408 begins to pull and head back to Proctor, MN.

DMIR 408 leads two other tunnel motors and an empty taconite pellet train over the Cloquet River Bridge and back to the Iron Range to be reloaded.

trio of former tunnel motors leads empty taconite pellet train U716 out of Proctor Yard bound for Fairlane. On an adjoining track, a yard job is seen working as two loaded limestone trains await ... (more)

A trio of former tunnel motors leads empty taconite pellet train U716 up the grade at Munger passing under the old DW&P, now the CN Rainey Sub.

DMIR 408 and BLE 903 move taconite bearing rock from the mine down to the plant on a nice winter afternoon.

After landing at Minneapolis-Saint Paul we drove directly to Duluth to see what would be running for the afternoon. A friend told us that there was an empty ore train coming off Dock 6, and we wer... (more)

After landing at Minneapolis-Saint Paul we drove directly to Duluth to see what would be running for the afternoon. A friend told us that there was an empty ore train coming off Dock 6, and we wer... (more)

Empties head west into Munger late in the day, passing underneath the Rainy Sub, also known as the ex DWP main.