A couple of spotless SD's 415 and 407 head loads south.
a DM&IR train heading of the dock in West Duluth as viewed from the parking lot below
Missabe 415 leads 140 ore loads for the dock in Duluth.
Ore empties hit the diamond at Ramshaw as they return from Two Harbors. This is the first snow of the season in Missabe country.
Minntac stone empties arrive in Proctor at 1351. If they can't be mid-train on a lumber drag on Tehachapi, the next best place for these beautiful tunnel motors and their 645s is hauling taconite... (more)
Three tunnel motor rebuilds - 415, 413, and 405 - sound awesome while striding limestone empties out of the Cloquet River basin at the Bear Trap Road curve. The 415 was isolated, though. :-(
The afternoon limestone loads for Minntac accelerate under the DW&P overpass at the hamlet of Munger, just north of Duluth/Proctor.
Having just dropped off a string of hoppers, this set is off to the barn. That is a crewmember alongside, not a crafty railfan.
The Proctor Roadswitch takes ore loads to Duluth as storm clouds form in the distance.
Minntac ore loads slow for the automatic track scales at Proctor. The track on the right is the dormant east scale track.
A trio of 400s lug 24 loaded limestone cars up Proctor Hill.
The 07:00 Proctor Roadswitch departs Proctor with 136 cars for Duluth.
The 07:00 Proctor Roadswitch cuts off its train on Dock 6 while the 01:00 PRS waits to head for Proctor with Minntac limestone loads.
