One of those bone-chilling, fingers numb early mornings in NE Minnesota when the train's exhaust and steaming taconite pellets can show off in the low light.
Iron ore loads head down to Proctor on a late winter afternoon behind some EMD products still pulling their weight in CN's ore pool.
Departing with loads of iron ore pellets.
A cold early morning trip back to Proctor yard with United Taconite made iron ore pellets.
The CN Missabe sub has mostly northbound freight headed for Canada and southbound moves from the mines to Proctor yard.
Four EMDs and 145 loads of iron ore headed to Proctor yard on a spring afternoon.
A quad set of EMDs bring Minntac made taconite pellets down the CN Missabe sub, and they are heading for Proctor yard and eventually CN Dock 6.
A quad EMD set, and ore cars loaded up with iron ore pellets, humming along.
Iron ore pellets head south for Proctor yard while freight heads north for Canada seen here along the CN Missabe sub on a nice spring afternoon.
BLE 900 heads south on the CN Missabe sub with taconite pellets for Proctor while a freight heads north for Canada.
A quad set of EMDs bring Minntac made taconite pellets down from the plant and they are heading for Proctor yard and eventually CN Dock 6.
A nice morning trip back to Proctor yard with iron ore pellets.
Moments after sunrise and it was as cold as it looks.
Having a little trackside snack of raspberries waiting for the train to arrive.
Just before sunset, BLE 900 gets lights out of United Taconite and starts the pull back to Proctor yard.
