For two days in July 2021 some good friends and I ventured up to the Duluth-Superior area to see some trains on the ole DMIR and BN. To call it an 'action-packed 2 days' would be an understatement as just about everything you could want to see on the CN's Iron Range is seen here. Covered also is some BNSF action, which included a Cascade Green leader so... you know it's good!
Enjoy my take of a few spectacular days of CN around Duluth and BNSF around Superior!
Trains:
CN:
00:22 Limestone empties descending Proctor Hill
1. DMIR SD40-3 # 404 (SD45T-2 carbody)
2. CN SD40-2Q # 6018
3. CN SD40-2Q # 6013
4. DMIR SD40-3 # 405 (SD45T-2 carbody)
02:16 Limestone loads at Adolph, MN
1. IC SD40-3 # 6255
2. CN SD40-2Q # 6021
3. IC SD40-3 # 6254
4. CN SD40-2W # 5244
04:04 Ore empties coming into Proctor, MN
1. DMIR SD40-3 # 400 (SD45T-2 carbody)
2. CN SD40-2Q # 6024
3. CN C40-8 # 2027
06:00 Limestone empties at Culver, MN
1. IC SD40-3 # 6251 (IC paint)
2. IC SD40-3 # 6253
07:09 Southbound coke train at Culver, MN
1. CN ES44AC # 3813
2. UP AC4460CW # 7315
3. (Rear DPU) CN ET44AC # 3059
10:25 Ore loads descending Proctor Hill
1. CN C40-8 # 2027
2. CN SD40-2Q # 6024
3. DMIR SD40-3 # 400 (SD45T-2 carbody)
13:00 Limestone loads at Munger, MN
1. DMIR SD40-3 # 405 (SD45T-2 carbody)
2. CN SD40-2Q # 6013
3. CN SD40-2Q # 6018
4. DMIR SD40-3 # 404 (SD45T-2 carbody)
14:38 DMIR 405 at Culver, MN
15:24 DMIR 405 at Wolf, MN
16:10 Ore empties at Wolf, MN
1. CN C40-8 # 2026
2. CN SD40-2W # 5349
3. CN C40-8 # 2006
17:02 Northbound local at Wolf, MN
1. CN SD60 # 5414
2. CN SD60 # 5489
18:40 Southbound local at Iron Junction, MN
1. GTW GP38-2 # 5852
2. GTW GP38-2 # 5847 (GTW paint)
19:36 Northbound manifest at Ramshaw, MN
1. CN ES44AC # 2915
2. CN ET44AC # 3283
22:39 Ore loads at Forbes, MN
1. DMIR SD40-3 # 400 (SD45T-2 carbody)
2. CN SD40-2Q # 6024
3. CN C40-8 # 2027
25:18 Ore empties at Ramshaw, MN
1. CN C40-8 # 2040
2. CN C40-8 # 2017
3. CN C40-8 # 2039
27:00 Limestone empties at Forbes, MN
1. DMIR SD40-3 # 404 (SD45T-2 carbody)
2. CN SD40-2Q # 6018
3. CN SD40-2Q # 6013
4. DMIR SD40-3 # 405 (SD45T-2 carbody)
28:00 Northbound manifest at Alborn, MN
1. KCSM ES44AC # 4651
2. CN ES44DC # 2224
30:33 DMIR 404 Culver, MN
31:50 Northbound manifest at Munger, MN
1. CN ES44AC # 2948
2. CN ET44AC # 3238 (CN 100)
35:58 Southbound stack and rack train at Gary, MN
1. CN SD70M-2 # 8857
BNSF:
36:55 Eastbound ore empties at Dewey, WI
1. BNSF C44-9W # 4357
2. BNSF SD70ACe # 9251
38:14 Westbound local at Brookston, MN
1. BNSF SD40-2 # 1832 (BN paint)
2. BNSF SD40-2 # 1663
39:21 BNSF 1832 at Boylston, WI
40:30 BNSF 1832 near Dewey, WI
40:50 BNSF 1832 at Carlton, MN
41:58 BNSF 1832 at Cloquet, MN
43:08 BNSF 1832 at Dewey, WI
43:43 BNSF 1832 at Carlton, MN
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