A fresh load of steaming taconite pellets makes its way towards Duluth MN.
With the return of the cold weather, CN has resumed using the Difco side dump cars for limestone service to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant. Here a mixed bag of power comes off the Minntac Sub and d... (more)
Not the Proctor it used to be.
With 30 min left before they die, the 0730 Road Switch drags bentonite cars up Proctor Hill while the 1430 PRS switches the dock to the right track. UPDATE: The IC #6262 was destroyed in a head on... (more)
Three noodles bring a tac train down the hill.
Three ex-IC (BN) SD40-3s power the night job on a transfer run to BNSF Rices Point Yard in Duluth.
The night job spots Minorca limestone in the yard while ground fog combines with steaming pellets to blanket the yard on this cool 45-degree morning.
DMIR's only non-ore train works hard up Spirit Mountain en route to Proctor yard. Photo was edited by ace photographer Matthew Hicks
A mix of IC, B&LE,& DM&IR units shove cars onto CN Dock 6 in West Duluth.
A pair of IC SD40-3s power a loaded ore train over the Cloquet River.
A conductor climbs aboard his train that is parked in the siding at Beth, IA. The green signal in the background is for M338 who will be rounding the train up here.
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