A duo of BLE tunnel motors lead a T-Bird South through Iron Junction in a Spring snowstorm.

U717's train departs Fairlane with loaded iron ore pellets for Proctor/Duluth.

U712's train heads north with DMIR 409 leading the way.

Pellet empties head north towards UTAC's Forbes Fairlane facility for another load.

BLE SD40T-3 909 is looking great, waiting for a new crew at Kelsey.

The BLE trio slows for a crew change at Kelsey.

The wind is blowing dirt across the tracks as UP 5716 (ES44AC) heads towards Chappell, Nebraska leading the Hospital Train of vintage equipment.

SP 8307 leads a westbound manifest at Bealville.

After meeting a pair of northbounds, U717's train departs the siding at Kelsey. Right behind U717 in the siding is U721's train who will follow them out.

U717's train slows for the north switch at Kelsey as a storm brews in the distance.

Some nice storm light illuminates train U717's southward movement on the Missabe Sub south of Zim, MN.

Heading over the Ramshaw diamond, DMIR 402 and DMIR 404 have 181 cars behind them and are about to tie up traffic for a while as they come of the CN Iron Range Sub and cross Highway 7.

DMIR SD40T-3 409 leads Fairlane-Proctor train U717 south as its taconite pellets steam during the cool morning temperatures.

A rolling steam bank down the Missabe sub behind BLE 900, CN 5338 and IC 6253 and pulling DMIR/Missabe ore cars loaded up at the United Taconite facility. The exhaust plume is from said facility ... (more)

The R901 job out of Keenan usually has about 5 or 6 cars when they come back and usually come back much earlier in the day but today they have 181 cars total and 7500 feet behind them with 174 san... (more)