A Bessemer tunnel motor eliminates a plow ridge as it leads a train of empty ore cars out of Two Harbors for the Minorca plant near Virginia, MN. This area received around 3 feet of snow.
Minntac loads howl through the curve at Iron Junction as they slow for the 10 mph switch at West Wye, where they will enter the Iron Range Subdivision.
BLE #900 North just got the signal at Adolph and prepares to blast out of Proctor.
BLE and DMIR SD40T-3s 900 and 404 trundle south with 141 loads of taconite for Proctor.
A trio of mismatched painted Tunnelmotors slow for their arrival at Fairlane with a train of empty ore jennies.
Creating their own fog trail, U717's BLE 909 and DMIR 404 struggle south with 141 loads of fresh taconite.
Loaded and ready to go, U717 with three different painted tunnel motors prepare for departure to Proctor.
Ore Empties from Duluth/Proctor depart the Missabe Sub for the loop at Fairlane.
The curve does a good job of hiding the trailing CN motors, as this limestone train blasts out of Proctor headed for either Minntac or Minorca.
An empty ore train heads upgrade out of Two Harbors.
In a fairly unusual move the Proctor Road Switch is crossing over with empties when they normally would be pulling off of the track they are entering. CN is keeping a switch engine around the dock... (more)
Trio of interesting cousins roar up the 2%+ grade with 120 ore jennies in tow.
Two tunnel motors bookend a SD40 on Minntac empties on a fine Winter afternoon on the ole DMIR.
Minntac empties pound the diamond at Ramshaw, heading for another load of taconite in the endless parade of trains on the old Missabe.
Not much orange in the trees, but is was nice to catch BLE tunnel motor at Proctor.
