Iron range escapes
O491 North Bound CN
Limestone loads depart at 0929.
Built March 1976 as BN 6752.
A T bird crew moves EMDs around at 1131.
Limestone empties follow -3s down to Collingwood at 0829.
Loaded limestone train going to Minntac.
CN U79281 rolls north on the Rainy Sub with empties for Minorca
IC 6250 leads CN U79082 through Hoyt Lakes as the light fades fast
Minorca-bound empties jet north at 1405.
Built March 1976 as BN 6752.
Tac empties head through Nugget at 1742.
WC Transfer
Former CNW/FRVW/WC Jordan Plow used in snow removal around Proctor Yard (Canon T70 35mm camera, Fuji Superia 400 print film).
Bessemer & Lake Erie SD40T-3 #901 is seen at the Proctor, MN shops with Duluth Missabe & Iron Range SD40T-3 #403. This is the last "Maroon Tunnel Motor." (Canon T70 35mm camera, Fuji Superia 400 print film).
Loaded ore train heads for Two Harbors.
Loaded iron ore heading out to Two Harbors.
Here a Taconite train sits on the Docks Unloading, the trian will soon depart.
Uphill past the new school.
Before trading paint schemes, in 2008, DM&IR SD38 - 2 #211 is still in the great Missabe paint. I sure will miss the great old days of the Missabe
This is a couple of years before CN would get rid of the Gold and Maroon paint for CN's awful Red and Black Scheme like the former IC unit behind her
Here's a close up shot of IC SD40 - 3 #6252 on Proctor Hill, I call this the IC Trio, too bad #6254 had to be in CN paint, other wise it would have been like the B&LE Trio, all three units in one paint scheme