Heading south after meeting a northbound freight at Kelsey, MN along the CN Missabe Sub.

Blue hour at Proctor yard.

With the sun just peaking over the horizon and filtered by clouds as it rises, A trio of EMD's break the morning silence as they lead empty ore train U716 through Grand Lake, Minnesota and are abo... (more)

As the morning sun rises in Forbes, Minnesota, a trio of EMD's lead empty ore train U716 as it comes off the main and heads into the loop track for loading at the Fairlane Taconite Plant. The Keen... (more)

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 trio of CN painted EMD's make way out of Collingwood as they prepare for their assault up Proctor Hill.

DMIR 408, CN 5244 and IC 6264 prepare their departure from CN's Dock 6 in Duluth.

A nice leader, in the form of a Bessemer & Lake Erie painted tunnel motor, awaits its departure from Proctor Yard with a train of loads. A fellow tunnel motor and an IC SD40-3 trail.

After spending about 30 minutes working to get the frozen switch unstuck, the CN L523 local pulls into the siding in Albion, Pennsylvania with BLE 868 and 905 as a light power set heading north t... (more)

Lancaster and Chester Train 14 leaves Richburg, South Carolina on February 24, 2025 with a short train bound for Lancaster with C 6002 on point. Originally SP 8257 (built 5/1980) she then beca... (more)

Fresh pellet steam wisps off of the loaded taconite cars as Canadian National's U717 cruises south on the Missabe Subdivision and crosses the bridge over the Whiteface River in Kelsey, Minnesota. ... (more)