IC SD40-3 6252 heads north between Keenan and Fairlane on the Missabe Sub with local train L567.
Two EMD's from CSX lead an empty ethanol train around a curve on the Minnesota Prairie Line just west of Norwood Young America, MN.
A pair of C40-8s bookended by IC SD40-3s lift Minntac limestone loads up Proctor Hill.
It's always nice to be able to pull over and just listen as these old veterans approach at track speed doing what they are supposed to do and that's earn revenue for the CN mothership.
IC SD40-2 6260 departs Proctor with Southbound ore loads and begins the descent down Proctor Hill.
BLE909 904 and 906 haul 46 empties thru Iron
As the thick cloud cover clears away, DMIR 400, DMIR 406 and DMIR 409 call to depart Minntac for Two Harbors with favorable signals for the start of the journey they drop down the hill at m.p. 5 o... (more)
It's a cold morning hauling hot taconite pellets as IC 6254 emerges from the shadows heading south for Proctor, MN.
IC 6252 leads a T-bird South through Wolf.
S990 with a GE Turbine in Tow thru East Palmyra, NY
On approach to siding in Lyons Yard. High and Wide Movement from the GE Turbine Plant in Schenectady, NY
Yes, it was a cold one.
The clouds cleared just in time as three DMIR SD40-3's and 145 Missabe ore cars loaded with taconite pellets roar by at track speed.
Hot marbles heading south on a frosty morning.
On the way up to the Minorca mine with limestone loads as the first significant snowfall of the season is happening.
