Coming north from Proctor yard to load iron ore pellets.

BLE 906 leading the way up to United Taconite's Fairlane plant to load iron ore.

Coming up from Proctor to load at United Taconite before returning back to Proctor and all the while not seeing much but the fog covered landscape.

Heading north along the CN Missabe Sub to load taconite pellets at the Cleveland-Cliffs owned United Taconite plant.

trio of former tunnel motors leads empty taconite pellet train U716 out of Proctor Yard bound for Fairlane. On an adjoining track, a yard job is seen working as two loaded limestone trains await ... (more)

A trio of former tunnel motors leads empty taconite pellet train U716 up the grade at Munger passing under the old DW&P, now the CN Rainey Sub.

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.

Blizzard conditions were forecast. Nailed it. DMIR 406 leads an empty pellet train north along the Missabe sub encountering some blowing and drifting snow along the way.

Turning off the CN Missabe sub and heading into the United Taconite plant to load pellets before returning back down to Proctor, MN.

A nice run up the Missabe sub from Proctor to load pellets at United Taconite on a nice summer evening.

A northbound train from Proctor heads up the CN Missabe sub bound for the United Taconite plant to load the trailing ore cars with marbles on National Train Day Eve.

Coming up the CN Missabe sub from Proctor yard to load pellets at United Taconite, IC 6261 is about 45 minutes away from the loadout pocket.

Moments after the T-Bird mine shuttle rock train entered the United Taconite property, IC 6255 coming up from Proctor, MN is now on the final turn off the CN Missabe sub before entering the proper... (more)

The first test run of NS's DC-to-AC GEs on CN's ore lines has ended after the train arrived at Proctor yard with taconite pellets from United Taconite. Waiting on their arrival was a U716 with IC... (more)

A road set on an empty ore train is fueled at CN's Proctor yard prior to departing for United Taconite's Fairlane iron ore plant on a crisp -9F morning.