Three matched former DM&IR tunnel motors arrive back in Proctor with an empty Minntac limstone train.
Missabe 400 shoves 124 ore loads out onto the approach to Dock 6 in Duluth. The Highway 53 Blatnik "High" Bridge is in the background.
Pacing former DM&IR No. 400 - now in CN paint - alongside highway 2, south of Keenan. If I could only go back in time and do this with a Yellowstone!
Repainted Missabe 400 leads B&LE 903 southbound through Alborn with pellet loads.
DM&IR 400 and sister B&LE 903 lead a Minntac empty north for loading. That's the former DW&P spanning the Missabe in the distance.
A fresh snowfall the night before and blue skies today made for a nice setting as this steaming ore train worked its way south towards Proctor Yard.
Missabe 400 is about to roll over a repaired broken rail that occurred during a bitter cold snap this past Sunday. Breaks are all too common when temps fall below zero and cars with flat spots po... (more)
Fresh snow covers the ground as this loaded ore train slowly rolls over the automatic scales at Proctor on Valentine's Day.
The 06:30 Proctor Road Switch is returning home as the repainted 400 leads DMIR 215 and 403 struggling up Spirit Mountain with empties from the docks. Even with an empty train, the three EMD's are... (more)
CN 400 leads a loaded ore train as it begins the decent into Two Harbors.
An Inter-divisional empty heads north to Minntac at the end of an April snow storm.
An empty 96-car "E-Rail" grinds up Steelton Hill in far western Duluth on a clear but cold (+5F) morning. This train will load at Minorca and run to Escanaba, MI.
DMIR 400 heading upgrade with loads at Wyman, near Hoyt Lakes.
DMIR 400 and 414 light power move Keenan to Allen Jct.
Ore empties for the large Minntac processing plant exit the siding at Brimson.