Nomad of Mid-America
Wildflowers, Wildfires
A cheerful foreground contradicted by the ominous atmospheric conditions lingering in the air: Northern Minnesota's vibrant summer wildflower season choked by solemnly surreal skies--gray, dismal, apocalyptic--a product of wildfires engulfing forests hundreds of miles west. Amidst it all, 40" diameter steel wheels float atop the fruits of peak flora, dancing northward on Missabe rails bound for the Iron Range's Minntac Mine behind a rather fascinating combination of motors thrown together at Proctor. This is CN train U71681 17, rushing ancient DMIR ore jennies back up the country they've grown more than accustomed to for another round of taconite pellets that the Range has been spitting out nonstop for the entirety of their existence.
Wildflowers, Wildfires
A cheerful foreground contradicted by the ominous atmospheric conditions lingering in the air: Northern Minnesota's vibrant summer wildflower season choked by solemnly surreal skies--gray, dismal, apocalyptic--a product of wildfires engulfing forests hundreds of miles west. Amidst it all, 40" diameter steel wheels float atop the fruits of peak flora, dancing northward on Missabe rails bound for the Iron Range's Minntac Mine behind a rather fascinating combination of motors thrown together at Proctor. This is CN train U71681 17, rushing ancient DMIR ore jennies back up the country they've grown more than accustomed to for another round of taconite pellets that the Range has been spitting out nonstop for the entirety of their existence.