The usual trio of standard cab Dash 8's are dispersing a lot of heat from their dynamic brakes as they hold back a loaded taconite train on their descent into Two Harbors, MN.
A loaded taconite train is on the final descent into Two Harbors as it passes the signal at MP 3.5 on a clear June morning.
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range EMD SD40-3 No. 403, a rebuilt former Southern Pacific SD45T-2 Tunnel Motor, leads a Canadian National taconite ore empty as it hustles past milepost 6 north of Waldo n... (more)
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range “heritage” SD40-3 No. 403 leads a Canadian National taconite ore empty as it hustles past milepost 6 north of Waldo not long after climbing the hill out of Two Har... (more)
A nice BLE Tunnel leads the charge into Waldo, and will soon be in full-dynamics as it tries to hold back it's heavy loaded ore train.
A CN "heritage" unit leads an empty ore train upgrade out of Two Harbors bound for Minntac. Missabe 403 and SD38-2 215 are the only two Missabe painted/lettered units still on the roster. Another ... (more)
Another train of taconite descends the grade to Two Harbors and the docks on Lake Superior.
Minntac loads heading south towards Two Harbors, pictured just north of Waldo.
404 is about to drop down the 3% grade into Two Harbors.
A southbound load leaves the junction and prepares to roll into Two Harbors.
DMIR 419 heads towards Two Harbors
