Rolling down the CN Missabe Sub for Proctor yard with hot pellets from United Taconite.

Now arriving at Proctor yard. Three ICs and hot pellets.

Lifting heavy wet coarse tailings up from the plant at Silver Bay to the tailings pond at m.p. 7. The veteran EMDs and the tall searchlights make for a good day.

The dip

An early morning trip north from Proctor results in a morning trip back to Proctor with taconite loads.

CSX G911 has brought a grain train to Aberdeen. There two AC&W's SD40-3's are added on for the trip to Candor. Here the train rolls west through the golfing community of Pinehurst.

After picking up grain cars from CSX at Aberdeen AC&W 6918 and 6939 climb the grade out of town as they head for Candor.

Early Saturday morning power line-up at CSX Goodman St. yard.

Aberdeen Carolina & Western train 300 crossing the Pee Dee River at the Hydro Dam

Loaded CN iron ore train U718 has taken the siding at Alborn, Minnesota and the conductor is on the ground for a roll by inspection of northbound manifest M344, which had a few cars of stick rail ... (more)

After setting out some engines from the Two Harbors ore pool and a few cars of interchange traffic at Keenan yard, DMIR 400 is headed back towards Two Harbors with some interchange cars.

Love the smell of steaming pellets and EMDs in the morning.

A pair of SD40 rebuilds cut across an intersection in Aberdeen leading a pair of CSX GEs on a loaded grain train for Candor.

ACWR's 600 crew slowly pulls out of Aberdeen after a direct handoff with CSX's G91116. With only two CSX GEs on the inbound consist, an SD40-3 pair was added for the hills on the way to Candor.

6255 and 5338 shuttle empty hoppers to be loaded with limestone at the docks