There was no shortage of photos as the BLE trio shoved limestone loads under the Duluth docks.

BLE 906, 904 and 909 make for a very nice tunnel motor trio as they take headroom under CN Dock 6 in Duluth, MN. The loaded Minorca bound limestone train would soon make way up Proctor Hill and in... (more)

In sweet light, a trio of Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motors make their assault on Proctor Hill as they lead a train of loaded limestone to the yard. The clouds were playing games all evening, but... (more)

2 B&LE tunnel motors and a CN widecab deuce lead some steaming taconite fresh from the mine into Proctor yard.

The BLE pair heads north out of Alborn at a rural crossing with empties bound for Fairlane.

A pair of BLEs and a CN motor bring this northbound empty through Bear Trap Curve in a light drizzle.

A pair of BLEs and a CN motor begin their descent down Proctor Hill on a soggy morning, with steaming pellets to be unloaded at the dock.

With a Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motor and a CN Anniversary Dash 8 on the point, CN U731 rounds the bend as it comes off the main on the Missabe Sub and on to the lead into the Fairlane Taconite... (more)

A TBird mine shuttle with a BLE duo as power heads south on a nice spring morning with rock for the plant.

Loading rock at the mine on a cold spring day.

BLE 906 and sister 909 make a nice-looking combo as they glide down from the mine to the plant working a mine shuttle job.

A BLE duo pulls taconite rock south on the CN Missabe sub.

It seems like when temps hit the -20 mark, the diesels start steaming. In my experience the second generation EMD’s produce a pretty good show, but the real steamers are the new Tier 4 GEVO’s.... (more)

Just ahead of an approaching cloud, BLE 906 and CN 5459 head north through Wolf, MN.

A B&LE tunnel motor (SD40T-3) and a CN SD60 hustle north across the Cloquet River in Burnett, MN.