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Title: |
Sometimes you get lucky |
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I hoped to catch the last two units left in service in DMIR paint on my first trip to the Twin Ports, but didn't really expect to. However, not long after I arrived at Proctor Yard I spotted 215 leading a switch job toward the north end of the yard! |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 4:58:45 PM |
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Proctor, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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DMIR 215(SD38-2) DMIR 211(SD38-2) |
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180 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
DMIR SD38-2s creep through the switches |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 5:03:04 PM |
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Proctor, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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DMIR 215(SD38-2) DMIR 211(SD38-2) |
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225 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
DMIR 215 about to duck under the St. Louis River Road bridge |
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The photogenic deep maroon with gold trim of the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway, like the similar paint scheme of the Wisconsin Central LTD, has been almost eradicated from locomotives on the active roster of parent company Canadian National. 215 is one of only two left that still wear it. |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 5:03:55 PM |
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Proctor, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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DMIR 215(SD38-2) |
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305 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Two for two |
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It was only partially visible from public roads, but it's the other one of the two active units left on the CN in DMIR paint. The conductor's side cab window appears to be boarded up, wonder what happened? |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 5:36:33 PM |
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Proctor, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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DMIR 403(SD40-3) |
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172 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The hits just keep on coming |
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As soon as I got back from shooting the 403, this power set rolled to the north end of the yard. Units still in IC's "Deathstar Black," like the other fallen flags absorbed into the CN, are becoming hard to find. |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 5:55:05 PM |
Location: |
Proctor, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
IC 6251(SD40-3) IC 6252(SD40-3) DMIR 409(SD40-3) |
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256 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
The pair of Deathstars and repainted former tunnel motor back into the yard after switching tracks |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 6:07:29 PM |
Location: |
Proctor, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
DMIR 409(SD40-3) IC 6252(SD40-3) |
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313 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
The pair of Deathstars and DMIR 409 have backed down onto an empty taconite train |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 6:08:34 PM |
Location: |
Proctor, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
IC 6251(SD40-3) |
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207 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
EMD Nirvana |
Description: |
The yard crew has finished up and parked the pair of SD38-2s, but the trio in the foreground is preparing to take a taconite empty north. |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 6:24:46 PM |
Location: |
Proctor, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
IC 6251(SD40-3) IC 6252(SD40-3) DMIR 409(SD40-3) DMIR 215(SD38-2) |
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331 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CN 8838 waits with a southbound manifest just north of Midway Road |
Description: |
They will meet the taconite empty that has just left Proctor Yard behind IC 6251/6252/DMIR 409. |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 6:31:30 PM |
Location: |
Adolph, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CN 8838(SD70M-2) |
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198 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
IC 6251 leads the empty taconite train around the broad curve |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 7:11:16 PM |
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Adolph, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
IC 6251(SD40-3) |
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170 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Zig-zag |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 7:24:06 PM |
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Adolph, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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IC 6251(SD40-3) |
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189 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
IC 6251 and the taconite empties snake around the north leg of the wye |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 10:26:21 PM |
Location: |
Adolph, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
IC 6251(SD40-3) |
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181 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
IC 6251, IC 6252 and DMIR 409 haul the northbound taconite empties |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 10:28:45 PM |
Location: |
Adolph, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
IC 6251(SD40-3) |
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159 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
IC 6251 rumbles by with the northbound taconite empties |
Description: |
Just passed under the Rainy Sub (ex-DW&P), train came up too fast for me to frame up a shot with the bridge. |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 10:32:43 PM |
Location: |
Munger, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
IC 6251(SD40-3) |
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193 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Deathstar-led taconitie empty grinds north through the woodlands of the Iron Range |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 10:35:31 PM |
Location: |
Payne, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
IC 6251(SD40-3) |
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94 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CN 2183 leads a southbound manifest over the Cloquet River |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 10:38:39 PM |
Location: |
Burnett, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 2183(C40-8W) |
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197 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Now CN 2188, another ex-BNSF C40-8W, leads a northbound manifest over the Cloquet |
Description: |
I was going to chase the previous southbound to Proctor Yard (or possibly Pokegama), but found it meeting this at Saginaw. Wish they'd have kept the south main instead when they single-tracked! |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 1:23:14 PM |
Location: |
Burnett, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 2188(C40-8W) |
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207 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Some of the power in the yard |
Description: |
The Iron Range is THE place to go to find CN's remaining older/oddball power. You'll seldom find these on the Chicago main, even less likely to find them leading! |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 1:25:17 PM |
Location: |
Proctor, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CN 2449(C40-8M) DMIR 212(SD38-2) CN 5262(SD40-2W) |
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346 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CN 6021 about to lead a loaded taconite train to the Duluth docks |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 1:30:18 PM |
Location: |
Proctor, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CN 6021(SD40-2Q) |
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145 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The loads get underway from the south end of the yard |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 1:33:39 PM |
Location: |
Proctor, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CN 6021(SD40-2Q) CN 5244(SD40-2W) |
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252 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CN 6021 crosses the Highland St. overpass leading the taconite loads into town |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 1:38:35 PM |
Location: |
Duluth, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 6021(SD40-2Q) |
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136 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
The loaded taconite train about to cross N. 59th Avenue West |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 1:43:23 PM |
Location: |
Duluth, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 6021(SD40-2Q) |
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151 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CSX 4772 leads a light engine move out of the BNSF yard toward LST&T Junction |
Description: |
This locomotive was spotted by other railfans leading an eastbound on the CP Twin Cities-Chicago main two days later...and then back west to St. Paul on the same line on Sunday the 8th! It is equipped with an RS5T horn! |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 2:19:10 PM |
Location: |
Superior, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 4772(SD70MAC) |
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224 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
A couple of snow plows stored in the yard |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 2:33:43 PM |
Location: |
Superior, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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212 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
The light CSX power creaks through the tight bend of the LST&T Jct. wye |
Description: |
The maze of trackage coming out of the BNSF yard, crossing and running parallel to Winter Street, puts the complexity of the rail network in many larger cities to shame! LST&T stands for the defunct Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway. Not sure where these were going, which railroad was operating them, or how they ended up headed to Chicago on the CP by Saturday. |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 2:46:59 PM |
Location: |
Superior, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 585(AC44CW) |
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157 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Another light power move approaches, coming from the industries along the lakefront |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 2:47:33 PM |
Location: |
Superior, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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BNSF 1525(GP28M) |
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106 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BNSF 1525 leads the light power across Winter Street |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 3:16:56 PM |
Location: |
Superior, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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BNSF 1525(GP28M) |
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125 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
The crew pauses on Winter Street to line a switch |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 3:17:33 PM |
Location: |
Superior, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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BNSF 1525(GP28M) |
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150 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BNSF 3037 trails the light power |
Description: |
After seeing one GP40X in Santa Fe Yellowbonnet paint in Rochelle over the summer...I didn't expect to see another one! |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 3:22:40 PM |
Location: |
Superior, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
BNSF 3037(GP40X) |
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149 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Another look at the snow plow pair as the yard job rolls into the distance |
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10/5/2017 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 3:23:44 PM |
Location: |
Superior, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
BNSF 3037(GP40X) |
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200 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CN 2119 heads south with a four-car local |
Description: |
This snuck up on me as I was scoping out Iron Junction, but I was easily able to beat it to Keenan. They had to slow for a maintenance crew to flag them over the crossing, as the signals were out of service. |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 11:13:58 AM |
Location: |
Keenan, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CN 2119(C40-8) |
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215 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CN 2119 leads its short train toward Keenan Road |
Description: |
I believe this train took the branch that heads west toward Hibbing, because I didn't see it any further south on the ex-Missabe main. In the eight years they've been on CN, this is the first time I've caught one of the ex-C&NW standard cab Dash 8s leading a train. |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 11:16:25 AM |
Location: |
Keenan, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CN 2119(C40-8) |
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178 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CN 6013 leads a southbound taconite |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 12:00:55 PM |
Location: |
Zim, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CN 6013(SD40-2Q) |
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176 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
CN 6013 approaching MP 55 on the old DM&IR main |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 12:04:12 PM |
Location: |
Zim, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CN 6013(SD40-2Q) |
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128 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CN 3831 leads a northbound unit tank (not sure what commodity) |
Description: |
Was headed to Burnett to set up at the bridge for the CN 6013 South, but was suprised by the headlight of this. I didn't know CN had any ES44C4s! |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 12:09:17 PM |
Location: |
Culver, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CN 3831(ES44AC) |
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162 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
GECX 2043 trails |
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Photo Date: |
10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 12:13:46 PM |
Location: |
Culver, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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GECX 2043(ET44AC) |
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171 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CN 6013 and two more EMDs glide over the Cloquet River |
Description: |
I first came across this bridge on my trip last fall, and wanted to visit it again! |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 12:18:06 PM |
Location: |
Burnett, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CN 6013(SD40-2Q) |
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195 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Look behind you! |
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I didn't expect yet another northbound so close behind the last, and parked here anticipating a leisurely wait for CN 6013 South. Instead, I heard the rumble of EMDs off to my RIGHT (east, or RR south) and leapt out of the car to set up. Unfortunately in my haste I double-bumped the record button on my video camera, and stopped the video seconds after starting it. |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 12:21:07 PM |
Location: |
Munger, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CN 5338(SD40-2W) |
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207 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CN 5338 leads a northbound taconite empty |
Description: |
Even without the video boo-boo, this train was worth another look! I always dig the 40-2Ws, and I had never seen a BLE ex-tunnel motor before! |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 12:24:50 PM |
Location: |
Burnett, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CN 5338(SD40-2W) |
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208 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
After a frenetic chase, CN 3037 stops to wait for a maintainer to clear up |
Description: |
This train was actually ahead of the CN 5338 North by about one block (5338 was riding the yellows behind it), I had missed it just before getting to Munger but was going to let it go to focus on the CN 6013 South. The arrival of 5338's train changed my plans. |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 12:29:07 PM |
Location: |
Forbes, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CN 3037(ET44AC) |
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180 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CN 3037 waiting |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 12:31:22 PM |
Location: |
Forbes, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CN 3037(ET44AC) |
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177 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CN 3037 finally has the light and gets its northbound manifest rolling |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 12:33:25 PM |
Location: |
Forbes, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 3037(ET44AC) |
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151 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CN 5338 now rolls to a stop to wait on the signal maintainer |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 12:36:38 PM |
Location: |
Forbes, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5338(SD40-2W) |
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134 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CN 5338 gets the northbound taconite underway again |
Description: |
...but they won't go far. |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 12:39:06 PM |
Location: |
Forbes, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5338(SD40-2W) |
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135 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CN 5338 hangs a right at the wye switch into United Taconite |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 1:50:20 PM |
Location: |
Forbes, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CN 5338(SD40-2W) |
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271 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BLE 909 second out on the northbound heading into United Taconite |
Description: |
CN uses rebuilt former tunnel motors from both the DM&IR and B&LE in ore service on the former Missabe main. 909 was built as an SSW SD45T-2. |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 4:32:41 PM |
Location: |
Forbes, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
BLE 909(SD40-3) |
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149 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
DMIR 52984 in the classic Missabe ore jenny livery |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 4:37:45 PM |
Location: |
Forbes, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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103 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
DMIR 51729 with solar panels |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 4:39:19 PM |
Location: |
Forbes, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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124 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CN 3090 leads a northbound manifest |
Description: |
This was sandwiched between a northbound intermodal that snuck up as I was trying to head south to Proctor after the last two northbounds (only got handheld video of that one) and yet another northbound manifest that I missed at Adolph, again while trying to get to Proctor. Note the unusual "1 Track" signs on the crossing signals. Each signal also has an electronic bell on top, but neither sounded. |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 8:57:15 PM |
Location: |
Alborn, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CN 3090(ET44AC) |
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148 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
DMIR 402 switches the north end of the yard |
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Photo Date: |
10/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 8:59:15 PM |
Location: |
Proctor, MN |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
DMIR 402(SD40-3) |
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152 Comments: 1 |
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