Taconite ore empties head back to the mine for loading.
After taking a spin on the turntable the unit is made ready to power another CN train.
Within a month the CN will take over the Missabe. In 2008 the 412 is slated for retirement.
16,000+ tons of coal with engines in heavy dynamics.
Northbound manifest in the siding meeting M346.
Train backing around the wye before heading north to Mosinee.
10,000 foot northbound monster train pulling in the clear to allow southbound traffic to depart.
Former Missabe SD-M now owned by the Missabe Railroad Historical Society hauls empty covered hoppers north for storage outside Two Harbors on the NSSR.
Northbound on former DM&IR trackage.
Heading north to Pokegama Yard.
Spotting loaded hoppers cars of grain at Harvest States. A Canadian bulk freighter is loading in the background.
A behind the scenes view only seen by those that work there. A transfer crew doubles the remaining cars of train A403 into track 4 at the north end of the yard.
Rolling around an elevated curve next I-35 with 68 empty coal hoppers that are being returned to revenue service.