Many railfans braved the cold to watch this train. With one B&LE tunnelmotor sitting at the shops retired who knows how much longer these ones will last.
B&LE 903 leads a repainted Missabe sister north on ore empties for United Taconite. The Twin Ports area has over two feet of snow on the ground, a far cry from last year when we had a brown Chri... (more)
A loaded Minntac ore train thunders past the Keenan Switch in the siding at South Coons. All three of the remaining Missabe SD-Ms are in this shot (303/316 and 308).