Exhaust all around and KCS 5000 gets rolling again after a crew change. The lead unit and DPU exhaust is visible as is the U.S. Steel Minntac plant some 15 miles behind and where this train origi... (more)
While a fresh crew gets settled in aboard KCS 5000 they are overtaken and subsequently passed by CN 2000 leading an empty limestone train back to Proctor. KCS 5000 has a slightly longer trip ahea... (more)
It's a cold winter's day as KSC 5000 leads a loaded U.S. Steel Minntac to New Orleans pellet train down from the plant on a frigid afternoon in NE Minnesota. The world's largest taconite plant is... (more)