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.

Iron ore pellets head south for Proctor yard on a nice spring afternoon.

Iron ore pellets move south on the CN Minntac Sub at Wolf, MN behind CN 3315 and 3316. These pellets are going to Proctor yard and eventually CN Dock 6 in Duluth, MN for loading onto a boat.

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.

Three IC EMD SD40-3s sound nice as they throttle up after having to stop and wait for some traffic up ahead that has now cleared.

With CN almost exclusively running AC44C6Ms in the ore pool out of both Proctor and Two Harbors, it was nice to hear and see these veteran mighty marble movers called into service to run from Proc... (more)

Humming along with iron ore pellets in tow.

A trio of IC's, 6252, 6251,6255, move iron ore pellets south from Minntac for Proctor yard passing a powerless T-Bird train that's about to get fitted with some bigger GE units.

A nice morning trip back to Proctor yard with iron ore pellets.

Having a little trackside snack of raspberries waiting for the train to arrive.

A trio of BLEs navigate the crossover switches at Iron Jct. going from main 1 over to main 2 as they head back to Proctor with iron ore pellets from Minntac.

A trio of BLEs with 139 ore cars loaded with pellets departs the Minntac mine property for the run back to Proctor, MN.