Dumping a train of iron ore pellets at CN's Dock 6 on the shores of Duluth, MN's waterfront.
After coming up from Two Harbors, MN with general freight, the conductor is protecting the shove into Keenan yard in less-than-ideal conditions to have to protect the shove into Keenan yard.
A train dumps iron ore pellets at the CN Dock 6 facility.
After leaving Proctor yard in the early morning hours and doing some work at Keenan yard, DMIR 409 arrives at the yard at Virginia just in time for a nicely timed rolling meet with its southbound ... (more)
Snow is falling as a short local from Two Harbors makes their way down the east leg of the wye at Iron Jct. coming off the CN Iron Range Sub heading for Keenan yard where they will drop cars off, ... (more)
Snow falls as DMIR 409 leads the Two Harbors yard to Keenan yard transfer.
After coming up from Two Harbors with some interchange cars and dropping them off at Keenan yard, DMIR 409 and 406 have picked up three Dash 8s for the return trip back home. The Dash 8s will rej... (more)
Proudly leading an ore train like it's done so many times before the Dash 8s took over in the CN ore pool. On this day one of the Dash 8s had a mechanical failure and the old workhorse was called... (more)
The DMIR 409 leading an empty pellet train up to Minntac to load. The EMD veteran was called into service when one of the Dash 8 units had an issue and was pulled out of the lineup.
After a mechanical failure to the third member of the typical Dash 8 trio power set used out of Two Harbors, the decision was made to use veteran DMIR 409 to lead a pellet id up to Minntac. She st... (more)
DMIR 409 leads an empty limestone train south at Burnett Road in Culver, MN destined for Proctor.
A chilly -10F morning finds the light of a lantern briefly illuminating the nose of 409 as a waning crescent moon rises in the sky above.
A little snow is falling as DMIR 409 heads north with limestone loads for the Minorca taconite plant.
DMIR SD40T-3 409 is in great shape, seen here leading an empty ore train north at Alborn.
U712's train heads north with DMIR 409 leading the way.
