Orange over orange as a clean B&LE Tunnel Motor soars over a not-so-clean BNSF GE on a grain train.
Three road units off a Minntac ore train have come to the rescue of a Proctor Roadswitch with two units that stalled on the 2.2% of Proctor Hill with ore empties.
A pair of SD40s have brought an empty train up from the dock in Duluth.
One of the two remaining Missabe-painted units on CN arrives with a loaded ore train in Duluth. I recommend the Hunter Burger!
While the morning Proctor Roadswitch job rolls overhead on the approach to Dock 6 a U-710 crew prepares to cut off the three units at Lakehead and run light to Proctor to pick up their train of em... (more)
6013 leads the 0600 Proctor Road Switch down the hill to Dock 6 on New Years Eve just after sunrise.
The 0600 PRS beings its drop down Proctor Hill in the first rays of sun of the last day of 2012.
Headed for the ore dock in Duluth with 140 loads after a fresh snow.
Power off a Proctor Roadswitch rests above the ore boat Roger Blough.
Nice EMD set rolls down the 2.2% of Proctor Hill with limestone cars for loading in Duluth.
The lone DM&IR-painted SD40-3 eases into Missabe Junction with ore cars for limestone loading.
Missabe maroon still rolls on Proctor Hill as 403 eases 141 ore loads towards Dock 6 in Duluth.
A study in contrasts as black and white IC 6252 grinds upgrade past maple trees near full color.
A matched set of CN SD40s leads empty DM&IR ore cars up Proctor Hill on a surprisingly snow-free February day. The former DM&IR is home to numerous veteran standard cab EMDs.