Rounding the bend with steaming taconite pellets in tow.
IC 6253, CN 5349, DMIR 404 and finally CN 2004 backhaul forty-eight loads of pellet chips and fines down from Minntac after delivering forty-eight loads of limestone to the plant.
After a M.O.W. work window recently expired, three classic EMD SD40-3s with DMIR 408 leading now sits and waits for their turn to enter the CN Missabe Sub to head south while a T-Bird shuttle wi... (more)
With tailings piles towering in the background, a pair of IC SD40-3's and a DMIR tunnel motor head south on the Rainy Sub through Virginia, Minnesota and are about to pass under the Route 169 over... (more)
The afternoon PRS crew takes a loaded Utac train down to the dock.
The BLE pair heads north out of Alborn at a rural crossing with empties bound for Fairlane.
Emerging from the fog, DMIR 406 gets on the throttle coming off the double track portion of the CN Missabe sub as they roll towards Proctor, MN with taconite loads from the U.S. Steel Minntac plan... (more)
A pair of BLEs and a CN motor bring this northbound empty through Bear Trap Curve in a light drizzle.
A few minutes before sun sets, IC 6252 sits in the yard at United Taconite waiting while an IC semi-trailer sits alongside. The trailer has been moving along with a tie gang that's been working o... (more)
Loads head northbound on the Missabe Sub past the old DMIR depot in Saginaw, where a junction and diamond with the DNE was once located. The recent rainfall provided a reflection shot on this morn... (more)
Empties charge up the hill with 2 DMIR tunnel motors and a C40-8 for power.
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.
IC 6251 leads ore loads south on the Missabe Sub. Two IC 40s are sandwiching 2 CN units here. This was the first southbound after a long MOW window for a good portion of the day.
SIRI throttles upgrade at Lewis Run with power for 4 G&W roads (WCOR-HESR-BPRR-SLR) as power.
A long RISI throttles through Stump Creek early on their trip up the Main Line Sub.
