Illinois Central (IC) 6263 - Rebuilt EMD SD40-3

Elgin Joliet & Eastern EMD SD38-3 No. 657 unusually takes CN Local L521 back east long hood forward with SD40s GTW 5934 & IC 6253 in trail. The 5934 was offline from the 2 so it immediately raised eyebrows that the machine suffered a mechanical failure while en route earlier out of Kirk. Joliet IL, 2/25/26

IC 6263

A limestone load ducks out of Proctor at 1729.

A limestone empty arrives at Proctor at 0915.

Maple Grove Road at 1537.

Center Line Road at 1518.

Pellet loads trundle south at S Alborn at 1503.

Pellet empties head out of Proctor at 1125.

The 0801 switch brings pellet empties up the hill at 1155.

Steaming pellet loads waft down the Missabe at 0953.

An empty pellet train heads north at 1218.

Built November 1976 as BN 6759.

A pellet empty heads through Adolph at 1749.

Ore loads at Two Harbors with BLE SD40T-3 #909, September 27, 2015. (Canon T-70 35mm camera, Kodak Gold 100 print film)

DM&IR SD40T-3 #407 on ore loads at Two Harbors with BLE 909, September 27, 2015. (Canon T-70 35mm camera, Kodak Gold 100 print film)

Pellets head for Proctor at 1530.

Limestone loads pull into Fairlane at 1502.

CN C44-9W 2723 along with SD70M-2 8930, SD40-3 6263, and IC 9572 GP39-2 in charge of freight at Dubuque, Iowa_June, 2007

CNIC 6263 is waiting for a crew at Coles station. This train is the CADE (A431)

CNIC is waiting for a fresh crew West of Sullivan,IL.

A pair of GP9RMs are switching cars out in the background as a loaded taconite train comes into Proctor. The power would join the other power at the engine facility instead of taking th train down the Hill

My favorite all arounf Heritage Consist I have ever seen, three different RRs, two different paint schemes, and two different types of remanufactured locomotives. This train is coming into Proctor Yard with a loaded taconite train that will go down the Hill some time later

Here's a close up shot of IC SD40 - 3 #6263, This unit is in a consist of different heritages. BLE SD40 - 3 #904 and DM&IR #400 started out as SD45T - 2s on the SP, but IC #6263 started out as a BN SD40 - 2. Nice looking unit if it were still in IC paint

Here's a close up shot of BLE SD40 - 3, originally a SP SD45T - 2 and remanufacture to it's current look and owner. It still sounds nice and looking very good in an age of high tech and high horsepower EMDs and GEs. This khnd of power is still doing taconite service on the North Shore while Class Ones resort to SD70ACes, SD70MACs, GEVOs, and AC4400CWs. Thanks for the great memories DM&IR and the awesome roster of 1st and 2id generation of EMDs

Now this is what I call a Heritage Consist, while two of them are in CN paint,all three SD40 - 3s comes from different Heritage. BLE SD40 - 3 #904 started out as SP SD45T - 2 #9269, later renumbered #6816. It was purchased by the B&LE and remanufactured bD Helm Leasing and reclassifed as a SD40 -3, it's now a CN unit still in B&LE paint. DM&IR #400 started life out as SP SD45T - 2 #9196, it was later renumbered to #6770, dt was purchased by the DM&IR and remanufactured by Helm Leasing and reclassified as a SD40 - 3, it spent most of it's new life in the Maroon and Gold Scheme, but in 2004, DM&IR and sister RR, B&LE wereÛqurchased by CN and it's been repainted. IC SD40 - 3 #6263 started life as BN SD40 - 2 #6760, it was purchased by the IC and remanufactured, it's now a SD40 - 3 and repagnted in the CN Scheme. This loaded taconite train is entering Proctor Yard from the North

The class unit of the former DM&IR Tunnel Motors is wishing it was still in the DM&IR Gold and Maroon Scheme

The Heritage Consist is now amoung the power at Proctor Yard, the Dash 8 - 40C was the best looking of all of them

This is what I call a Heritage Consist, a B&LE SD40 - 3 leads a former DM&IR Tunnel Motor and a former IC SD40 - 3 with this loaded taconite train

Two types on locomotives, 2 different schemes, but owned by three different railroads, B&LE SD40 - 3 #904 leads former DM&IR SD40 - 3 #400 and former IC SD40 - 3 #6263 with a loaded taconite train

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Proctor Roadswitch makes its last move of the day as it drags Minorca limestone up Proctor Hill. The last remaining tunnel motor in DM&IR colors trails the IC 6263.

DM&IR SD40-3 and DM&IR SDM 308 lead an empty ore train out of Proctor Yard.

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