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One of the most scenic and visited places in the Duluth Area is Spirit Mountain on Proctor. Although only a handful of trains use this hill. The Hill Ore Job heads down to the docks with the usual (to me on the first trip) power set of EMDs

A loaded SB Taconite train comes through the S Curve at Culver Cut, with the power set I believe I saw the most on my March trip to Minnesota. This train is working upgrade and giving off some great sound.

On my last day on the Iron Range, Woke up early in the morning and noted a Southbound train lined out of Fairlane, and I was on my way out of Duluth. So I just set my GPS to Fairlane to see how far I could make it before the Ore train and I would meet. Met up about 2 blocks south of Kelsey and was met with the CN 408 again leading the 3 paint scheme trio. It was a very cold morning out, so there was plenty of Steam coming off of the freshly processed pellets.

A loaded Taconite train is swinging around the connector to go from a west to southward heading as it heads to Proctor and eventually to the Duluth Ore Docks for unloading

As I was leaving Duluth heading toward the Iron Range for another day of train watching and scenery exploring, I noted a NB train coming off the Scale Track at Proctor. So I went a little bit out of my way to see what he had and if it was worth chasing. Stopped at Saginaw Depot which is just north of the siding at Coons. A Tunnel Motor leads and IC-BLE Set. The chase was on. Here is the video of the chase of this train. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTPEHOuuXws