A trio of BLEs with 139 ore cars loaded with pellets departs the Minntac mine property for the run back to Proctor, MN.
Tunnel Motor at MadisonI don't think I've ever seen a Bessemer and Lake Erie locomotive before, especially around St. Louis. This one is at Quality Rail Services for maintenance.
A late afternoon departure with iron ore pellets bound for Proctor yard.
Heading back to Proctor after loading iron ore pellets at United Taconite.
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.
With a train of steaming pellets from the Fairlane Taconite Plant in tow, DMIR 406 leads CN U71781-04 as it slowly makes its way into the yard at Proctor, Minnesota to tie the train down where it ... (more)
With a pair of Bessemer tunnel motors bracketing an SD40-2W, Canadian National dock job R921 shoves out on to Dock 6 in Duluth, Minnesota with a train of loaded ore hoppers for unloading. The out ... (more)
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.
Coming up from Proctor to load at United Taconite before returning back to Proctor and all the while not seeing much but the fog covered landscape.
A pair of DMIR Tunnel Motors and an IC SD40-3 slowly ease forward as they pull the last of their train of ore cars through the loader at the Fairlane Taconite Plant in Forbes, Minnesota. Once the ... (more)
Light snow falls as BLE 903 gets underway back to Proctor yard after loading and now leaving United Taconite with ore.
Ridiculous cold morning just as the sun begins to rise, hot taconite pellets create quite a steam cloud as the move south.
With lights out of the yard and onto the Missabe sub for the trip back to Proctor, three BLE motors start pulling.
Fresh pellet steam wisps off of the loaded taconite cars as Canadian National's U717 snakes its way out of the departure tracks at the Fairlane Taconite Plant in Forbes, Minnesota. A trio of class... (more)
The first pellets of the new year are loaded into 137 ore cars and ready to go back to Proctor yard behind three BLE tunnels.