Approach on the Distant Locust
Happy Wedge Day
In honor of 3/4 I will post generic C40-8 Iron Range wedge number 781
On the afternoon of June 17th, 2023, a northbound empty ore train smokes it up past Biwabik, Minnesota through the Canadian wildfire haze with a trio of former Chicago & Northwestern Railway C40-8s in the lead. The leader, CN2026, along with many other C40-8s on the Iron Range, were recently retired in favor of new AC44C6Ms, which have been getting straight air modifications at the Proctor shops. The age of C40s running ore trains in Minnesota is now over, and despite the Iron Range consisting of wedge shots, wedge shots, and more wedge shots, it was certainly great to see and shoot a couple of times before their inevitable end.
Happy Wedge Day
In honor of 3/4 I will post generic C40-8 Iron Range wedge number 781
On the afternoon of June 17th, 2023, a northbound empty ore train smokes it up past Biwabik, Minnesota through the Canadian wildfire haze with a trio of former Chicago & Northwestern Railway C40-8s in the lead. The leader, CN2026, along with many other C40-8s on the Iron Range, were recently retired in favor of new AC44C6Ms, which have been getting straight air modifications at the Proctor shops. The age of C40s running ore trains in Minnesota is now over, and despite the Iron Range consisting of wedge shots, wedge shots, and more wedge shots, it was certainly great to see and shoot a couple of times before their inevitable end.