Low winter light bathes this iron ore train as they head for home at Proctor yard.

Iron ore pellets southbound from the Iron Range to Proctor yard.

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

Iron ore loads from United Taconite head south on the CN Missabe Sub smashing bugs on the windshield along the way back to Proctor.

It wasn't a cold morning, but the weather conditions were right to create the steam coming off the iron ore pellets that are loaded into part of CN's new fleet of cars as they head south for Proct... (more)

Clearing snow along the CN Missabe Sub with WC 300 and three IC SD40-3s on a short winter day with snow and blustery winds whipping.

A bluebird weather day as U717 rolls south through the bog with new ore cars filled with steaming iron ore pellets.

CN 3323's first trip in ore service since a rebuild plus having a straight air system installed and with the shiny new ore cars trailing behind fully loaded with iron ore pellets from United Tacon... (more)

A classic EMD trio and Missabe ore cars carrying taconite pellets south to Proctor yard.

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.

Light snow falls as BLE 903 gets underway back to Proctor yard after loading and now leaving United Taconite with ore.

Due to washout on the North Shore Scenic Railroad's Lakefront line, this train minus the CN 2033, was trapped at the depot in Two Harbors. CN stepped in and rescued it bringing it back home to Dul... (more)

The sun has now dipped below the horizon and thus brings to the end the first day of 2024 as a trio of BLE motors glide along on the southbound trip back to Proctor with 137 cars of taconite pelle... (more)

Hauling taconite pellets.

Coming down the Casco Sub at mp 85 with loads of pellets, the other player in moving taconite in NE Minnesota is the BNSF which handles production from U.S. Steel's Keetac plant and Hibbing Taconi... (more)