A trio of second-hand SD60s begin their descent of Proctor Hill with 45 empty ore cars that will be loaded with limestone in Duluth. The rock will be added to taconite pellets at the Minorca plant... (more)
While the Proctor Road Switch crew spot loaded ore cars above, the dock crew works on dumping and filling the James R. Barker with taconite pellets down below.
Wet and heavy snow blowing sideways never makes for a good day to be doing ground work (or trying to keep your lens dry). Here a Proctor Roadswitch arrives with a train of ore empties from Duluth ... (more)