Proctor, Minnesota
Due to manpower issues that have plagued CN’s Wisconsin Central property, trains are being terminated and combined with others. Train B791, a potash train off the CSX in Chicago was a victim of just that, and was terminated early in Proctor, MN instead of continuing on to its destination in Saskatchewan. An 0115 on duty crew off of train M342 got tasked to shuttle B791 to Proctor on a snowy January morning with the inbound A438 power in tow, and after cutting away from their cars in Proctor’s “F Yard”, they’re heading to the diesel house with DMIR 215 on the point, fresh out of repairs at Symington. 215, the last maroon SD38 on the Missabe property, rarely leaves the yard, so to get it “leading” in a Winter storm was just an extra treat to an already successful day.
Proctor, Minnesota
Due to manpower issues that have plagued CN’s Wisconsin Central property, trains are being terminated and combined with others. Train B791, a potash train off the CSX in Chicago was a victim of just that, and was terminated early in Proctor, MN instead of continuing on to its destination in Saskatchewan. An 0115 on duty crew off of train M342 got tasked to shuttle B791 to Proctor on a snowy January morning with the inbound A438 power in tow, and after cutting away from their cars in Proctor’s “F Yard”, they’re heading to the diesel house with DMIR 215 on the point, fresh out of repairs at Symington. 215, the last maroon SD38 on the Missabe property, rarely leaves the yard, so to get it “leading” in a Winter storm was just an extra treat to an already successful day.