Leaving Proctor, MN and a stop at Keenan yard complete, DMIR 400, DMIR 409 and DMIR 405 take the connecting track off the Missabe sub and lean into the curve onto the Rainy sub here at Shelton Jct... (more)
The R901 job is tasked with spotting cars on a section of track that is still vintage Missabe complete with DM&IR date nails from the 40's, 50, and 60's evident in the ties along with jointed rail... (more)
After leaving Ranier, MN a few hours earlier, CN 3309 leads the company's business/executive cars south along the Rainy Sub down to Pokegama yard where they will tie up for the evening.
On this Star Wars Day, a flashback to February when a Deathstar was leading a T-Bird seen finished up loading at the United Taconite coarse crusher and getting ready to depart for the plant.
When one of the big GEs go down for maintenance, a call to the bullpen is made and in comes a couple veteran IC SD40-3s to temporarily fill in and move ore.
A small sliver of blue sky is evident on an otherwise cloudy and cold morning as U791, with its 1x1 configuration, thunders along the CN Iron Range Sub heading for Two Harbors, MN.
North Shore Track Services GP9 115 is parked until needed at Laurentian Aggregates at Largo just outside United Taconite operations near Eveleth, MN. This GP9 is used to switch out stone cars her... (more)
The Thunderbird Mine stands in the background as the Deathstar trio is ready to make a pull. The crew is preparing to shove the train to the loader. The thick cloud cover made it tricky to find su... (more)