DM&IR 213 in 2008
DMIR 213 heads through the radio-controlled switch at the south end of Proctor Yard with 30 Minntac limestone loads on the morning of July 5, 2008. Things at this time seemed drastically different from when the CN took over the Missabe, four years prior in 2004.
Looking back and seeing all the subsequent changes, maybe not as different as I thought. In 2008, CN still sometimes used 8000hp Proctor Roadswitch sets and a maroon non-turbocharged leader was still possible on Proctor Hill.
If you'd catch a Minntac limestone here in 2019 it would look much different than this 2008 version. Three CN Dash 8s would be the power and they would be bringing all 60+ limestone loads up into Proctor in one cut. No need to head through the switch as it would be yarded in the middle of Proctor Yard, with freight trains only where 213 is heading. The 2019 train would also have "new" CN ore cars in the summer.
More changes are on the way here as CN has been working on putting CTC on Proctor Hill this summer. Signals are up here at Second Street and this will be the first CP down Proctor Hill out of the yard. Never thought I'd ever see CTC down Proctor Hill, but CN seems determined to have CTC on every mainline up here.
DM&IR 213 in 2008
DMIR 213 heads through the radio-controlled switch at the south end of Proctor Yard with 30 Minntac limestone loads on the morning of July 5, 2008. Things at this time seemed drastically different from when the CN took over the Missabe, four years prior in 2004.
Looking back and seeing all the subsequent changes, maybe not as different as I thought. In 2008, CN still sometimes used 8000hp Proctor Roadswitch sets and a maroon non-turbocharged leader was still possible on Proctor Hill.
If you'd catch a Minntac limestone here in 2019 it would look much different than this 2008 version. Three CN Dash 8s would be the power and they would be bringing all 60+ limestone loads up into Proctor in one cut. No need to head through the switch as it would be yarded in the middle of Proctor Yard, with freight trains only where 213 is heading. The 2019 train would also have "new" CN ore cars in the summer.
More changes are on the way here as CN has been working on putting CTC on Proctor Hill this summer. Signals are up here at Second Street and this will be the first CP down Proctor Hill out of the yard. Never thought I'd ever see CTC down Proctor Hill, but CN seems determined to have CTC on every mainline up here.