One hundred forty five classic DMIR ore jennies loaded with taconite pellets made at U.S. Steel Minntac currently southbound on the CN Missabe Sub behind two big GE's heading for Proctor, MN.

With United Taconite temporally in idle mode these C40-8s normally used on raw ore trains to that plant have been seen on other assignments, including limestone trains and moving pellets from U.S.... (more)

IC 6251 runs up the Missabe Sub from Proctor to Minntac and kicks up some of the freshly fallen snow, dusting a CN M-343 working on setting out cars for Keenan Yard.

Spring melt provides some reflections on a snowy winter.

With winter seemingly hanging on forever in northern Minnesota, snow falls again as DM&IR 409 leads 135 empties northbound for loading at U.S. Steel Minntac before returning back to Proctor, MN tw... (more)

DM&IR 409 leads empties north from Proctor, MN in heavy snows for load at U.S. Steel Minntac's east load-out pocket.

A switch job behind a pair of former DM&IR SD38-2s works the E Lead while an empty ore train for Minntac West prepares to depart.

Power for an empty ore train passes by a pair of ex-DM&IR SD38-2s switching the yard. In the distance is a Proctor Roadswitch preparing to move 138 loads to Dock 6 in Duluth after the light power ... (more)