Another triple set running around NE Minnesota garnering a fair amount of attention is this set of former DM&IR units. Here they are coming down from U.S. Steel with steaming taconite pellets in t... (more)

A trio of DMIR SD40-3's (rebuilt SD45T-2 Tunnel Motors of SP heritage) leads a southbound empty limestone train through the "S" curve at Culver, MN.

PTC enforcements are never good (from a crews perspective) but a glitch overspeed enforcement just around the corner bought us enough time for the sun to come out, revealing a rainbow above the DM... (more)

Tunnel motors race ore empties north up the Missabe Sub on a brisk Fall morning.

A trio of DMIR SD40-3 (rebuilt SD45T-2 Tunnel Motors of SP heritage) leads a southbound empty limestone train past the derelict DMIR depot in Saginaw, MN.

2 tunnel motors and an SD40-3 ease downgrade with an empty limestone train, bound for the port of Duluth to be loaded with Limestone, which is an ingredient in flux iron ore pellets.

The gritty face of a taconite hauler.

Just underway down the CN Missabe sub for a quiet and uneventful trip to the yard at Proctor.

DMIR 400 thunders over the Whiteface River at Kelsey, MN with taconite loads bound for Proctor, MN.

Two Canadian National ore trains meet one-another near Mountain Iron, MN. The front train is crewless loaded with ore for Duluth while the back one is empty heading for the Arcelor Mittal Minorca ... (more)

A DMIR SD40T-3, CN SD40U, and CN C40-8W lead a early morning Limestone train through Saginaw past the abandoned DMIR depot on the Missabe Subdivision

A DMIR SD40T-3, CN SD40U, and CN C40-8W lead a early morning Limestone train through Kelsey on the Missabe Subdivision towards Duluth for loading.

The Iron Range remains a holdout for classic power and, in this case, a pair of bonafide DMIR roster items.

Former DMIR 400 leads ore loads south past the signals at South Alborn.

DMIR SD40-3 400 leads ore loads south through Saginaw.