With some incredible timing, a CN manifest freight M356 cruises south on the Rainy Sub as loaded ore train U717 rolls east towards Proctor on the Missabe Sub, creating a perfect over-under on the bridge at Munger, Minnesota.
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CN Missabe Sub
Munger, MN
CN U71781-04 (Iron Ore Loads; Fairlane - Forbes, MN to Proctor, MN)
DMIR 406 SD40T-3 Ex. SP 6768 SD45T-2R, SP 9501, SP 9171 SD45T-2 Blt. 1972
CN 2028 C40-8 Ex. CREX 9051, UP 9051, CNW 8529 Blt. 1989
DMIR 409 SD40T-3 Ex. SSW 9280 SD45T-2 Blt. 1973
CN M35641-04 (Manifest; Symington Yard - Winnipeg, MB to Markham Yard - Homewood, IL)
CN 5764 SD75I Blt. 1997
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Norfolk Southern's Buffalo to Conway freight 15M speeds across the Walnut Creek Trestle in Fairview, Pennsylvania with the Virginian heritage unit on the point. Lake effect snow squalls let up just as the train arrived after covering the area overnight.
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NS Lake Erie District
Fairview, PA
NS 15M (Buffalo, NY to Conway, PA)
NS 1069 SD70ACe Blt. 2012
NS 7537 ES40DC Blt. 2005
NS 8092 ES44AC Blt. 2012
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A pair of Dash 9's bracketing an SD70M lead eastbound intermodal train 20T as it passes by the shuttered Alto Tower on the western edge of Altoona.
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NS Pittsburgh Line
Altoona, PA
NS 20T (Kansas City, MO to Harrisburg, PA)
NS 9978 C44-9W Ex. NS 9978 C40-9W Blt. 2004
NS 2611 SD70M Blt. 2003
NS 9281 C44-9W Ex. NS 9281 C40-9W Blt. 1999
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Two NS mane units, 4000 & 4005, power manifest 36T as it climbs upgrade in Attica, New York and passes by a picturesque blue barn on the Southern Tier Line.
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NS Southern Tier
Attica, NY
NS 36T (Manifest; Bison Yard - Buffalo, NY to Allentown, PA)
NS 4000 AC44C6M Ex. NS 8799, NS 8799 C40-9 Blt. 1995
NS 4005 AC44C6M Ex. NS 8867, NS 8867 C40-9 Blt. 1995
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A trio of classic EMD's are doing every bit of track speed on the CN Missabe Sub in Zim, Minnesota as they haul a heavy train of taconite pellets towards Duluth.
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CN Missabe Sub
Zim, MN
CN U717 (Fairlane, MN to Proctor, MN)
IC 6256 SD40-3 Ex. IC 6148 SD40-2, IC 6757, BN 6757 Blt. 1976
CN 6021 SD40-2Q Ex. CN 5226 SD40 Blt. 1971
CN 6013 SD40-2Q Ex. CN 5059 SD40 Blt. 1968
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