After making the trip north from Proctor, IC 6251 leads another IC SD40-3 and a CN-painted, DMIR tunnel motor into the United Taconite loadout at Fairlane.
Running south on the CN Missabe sub back to the yard at Proctor with a string of empty DMIR Difco side dumps that were used to deliver limestone to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant at Mountain Iron, M... (more)
Loaded out with 138 cars of steaming taconite pellets behind them, the conductor dials up RTC to ask for signals off the running track at United Taconite to head back to Proctor down the CN Missab... (more)
With the United Taconite plant and the end of their train in the background, IC 6254 with sisters DMIR 404 and DMIR 409 pull 138 loads of taconite pellets in the old Missabe era ore cars and proc... (more)