Work continues in the small BNSF yard at Kelly Lake, MN even as small thunderstorm approaches from the south.

As a small thunderstorm moves in, the Kelly Lake local job returns to the yard after serving Hibbing Taconite while some of the M.O.W crew ties down their equipment after a day of driving pilings ... (more)

The three person crew moves cars around the small yard at Kelly Lake while certainly keeping a watchful eye out on a storm that is moving in from the south.

Using trackage rights, the once a week train from Kelly Lake to Minorca comes into CN Keenan yard as the crew continues the days project of delivering loaded bentonite hoppers to the mine and retu... (more)

All is quiet in Kelly Lake and the local assigned here idles away in cold and dark of night.

A pair of veteran SD40-2's still moving freight for the railroad. These two (BNSF 1953 and BNSF 1964) are currently assigned to the Kelly Lake local job and the three person crew is coming down f... (more)

A cold December day finds the three person local crew working on switching three loads for three empties at the Edwards Oil facility at the end of their yard at Kelly Lake, MN. After this projec... (more)

A fresh and still clean rebuilt SD40-2R looks good in the morning sun as they pass through a downtown road crossing featuring a working Griswold signal in Bob Dylan's hometown of Hibbing, MN.

A fresh and clean looking rebuilt SD40-2R looks good in the morning sun as they pass by the former depot in Bob Dylan's hometown of Hibbing, MN while on the way to the Minorca mine.

A nice summer morning finds the Kelly Lake local heading over from it's namesake to the Minorca mine using trackage rights to deliver hoppers of bentonite clay for pellet production.

A little refreshing flashback to a nice winter scene. A pair of SD40-2's, operating Griswold signal, snow and a friendly crew on a cold winter day. The Kelly lake local starts the trek eastward f... (more)

BNSF's Kelly Lake Local runs over CN to the Minorca taconite plant with three loaded cars of bentonite clay.

As a loaded taconite train behind a clean SD70ACe rolls towards Superior, the Kelly Lake local behind a decent looking SD40-2 is on the siding and a rolling exchange of paper work and friendlies t... (more)

The ugly big brother. The DPU of a loaded taconite train makes the cleaner SD40-2 look small but size isn't everything.

Under the watchful eye of the man on the moon and a some passing jets overhead, the Kelly Lake local gets to work switching empties for loads at Brookston before heading back home to Kelly Lake, M... (more)