On the Minntac sub heading north to the largest taconite processing facility in the world to load iron ore pellets.
Kind of a bummer that the T-birds had CN-AC motors on them last summer. The T-birds work between the mine at Largo and the United Taconite Plant at Fairlane. We were chasing a trio of C40s on a Mi... (more)
The sun isn't up yet as the crew on board BLE 900 heads for home at proctor yard with steaming taconite in tow on this cold morning.
The last sliver of light hits the nose of BLE 906 as they cross the intersection of Highways 101 and 7 heading back home to Proctor yard.
More marbles from the Minntac taconite plant bound for Two Harbors.
The crew has finished loading 145 ore cars up at Minntac has called for signals to depart and head back towards Two Harbors. RTC has given them the lights to proceed.
A train of iron ore headed to Two Harbors approaches the green signal at Noimi Jct. while heading down the CN Minntac sub on a foggy evening.
Above average temperatures and little snowfall have made for some fog filled nights as evident by the beams from the signals at Noimi Jct. on the CN Minntac Sub. A CN mixed freight is northbound ... (more)
As the sun sets and the shadows get longer, CN 5349 calls to depart Minntac and head back to Proctor. Here they find a sliver of light at Noimi Jct. as the come off the Minntac Sub and get onto th... (more)
Heading back to the mine to reload on a nice fall morning. Both of these units are now headed for an unknown fate after having been removed from the CN ore pool and likely retired.
Northbound container train cutting thru the fog as they head north for the Canadian border crossing at Ranier, MN.
Cutting through the fog on a winter morning.
A pair of bigger newer non straight air equipped AC GEs move taconite rock in the summer months on this job.
CN C40-8 2032 leads a Southbound ID around the s-curve at Wolf.
CN 3023 leads limestone up the Missabe sub about to get on the Minntac Sub here at Wolf for the final few miles into the U.S. Steel Minntac plant. Neat to see a CN heritage unit pulling DMIR ore c... (more)
