With the tail end of the 135 car train still rattling the old Missabe era steel bridge over the Cloquet river, this U717 pellet train continues it's trip south towards Proctor, MN.
Three matched classic EMD SD40-3's and 135 ore cars filled with 14000 tons of taconite arrive at Proctor yard as darkness begins to descend along with the snow.
A matched trio of DMIR tunnel motors and 135 ore cars loaded with taconite pellets stretch back as far as can be seen as they rumble along the Missabe sub passing through the Sax bog, a popular lo... (more)
Rumbling across the Missabe era steel bridge spanning the Whiteface river at Kelsey along the Missabe sub heading back to the yard at Proctor, MN with 135 cars of taconite pellets.