A fresh load of steaming taconite pellets makes its way towards Duluth MN.

QGRY 3334, QGRY 4016 & QGRY 4015 (the latter two recently delivered ex-BNSF SD70MACs) back up to a loaded grain train which will soon be heading towards Quebec City.

While in conversation with an NS employee about Taylor's transition from CP to NS several years ago; irony presents an opportunity.

Taconite bearing rock rounds the bend just south of Iron Jct. MN on a cold but clear winter day.

A few miles into the trip and the steam is rolling off the hot taconite pellets as they travel through the minus 15-degree air on the way back to Proctor, MN.

CN/GTW gray ghost 5950 works a hump job on the East end of Kirk Yard in Gary.

DMIR 404 and IC 6251 are now a set assigned to mine shuttle service from the Cleveland Cliffs United Taconite Thunderbird mine down to their Fairlane plant.

A CSX SD40-3 is in charge of a high and wide load coming down the rold Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Railroad in 2013.

An empty lime train returns to Duluth MN.

Tonights Edition of M626 with EMD SD40-3 4229 Leading the charge thru Fairport, NY

All three of CCRG's ex-ESWR six-axles wear different paint.

CRRX No. 602 painted in a special Santa Express livery is on point of the Santa Express train as it departs Canon City

Two newly-acquired SD40-3s are at work in Candor, North Carolina on the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Railway in late 2010. ACWR 6918 was built for the Canadian National Railway as CN SD40 5206 in ... (more)

Catching just a few muted rays from the sun triple IC SD40-3's roll along with their train of ore cars hauling taconite pellets in tow and the yard at Proctor, MN as the destination.

Skirting the city of Virginia, MN while coming down CN's Rainy Sub after delivering limestone to the Minorca Taconite facility three BLE's are heading back to Proctor yard still a few hours away y... (more)