Steaming ore loads leaving Mintac
A BNSF All-Rail taconite train adds a little more color to the already changing leaves here in northern Minnesota.
The last Missabe painted Tunnel Motor leads Minntac loads for Two Harbors. This was the only time the sun came out this afternoon.
IC 6256 leads a train of freshly baked iron ore pellets down the hill from U.S. Steel's Minntac facility in sub-zero temperatures.
The sun is setting on the former Missabe Road. This ore car was built in April 1949, and it's been in service on the DM&IR for almost sixty years. When it was new, it was pulled between Proctor,... (more)
DM&IR 409 leads a loaded Minorca South from Shelton Junction across the Hwy crossing.
One of the repainted CN tunnel motors leads steaming taconite loads around the curve and onto the main at Wolf Jct.
A pair of DMIR's sharp looking SD38s head into the setting sun with raw ore loads from Thunderbird mine destined for Fairlane Taconite Plant a couple miles down the line.
A pair of Zebras lead southbound CN train Q198 off the lead from the DWP and onto the DMIR main for a quick trip south to Adolph.
One of the more interesting consists on the former Missabe in recent years (BLE 909, IC 6006, DMIR 308) roll a loaded ore train south for Proctor on a crisp -6F morning.
A loaded taconite train has just departed the Minntac plant with 116 loads for Two Harbors behind repaint 406.
The taconite plant at Mountain Iron can be seen on the hill behind the train as another load heads for the Iron Range sub and Two Harbors.
Mintac Loads steaming hot and fresh from the plant head south out of Mountain Iron, MN
CN repaint SD40-3 No. 401 departs the Mintac plant at Mountain Iron heading for Two Harbors. This unit started out life in 1972 as Southern Pacific 6772, and was aquired by the Missabe in 1996. ... (more)
DMIR 413 has just departed the Minntac plant and is on its way to Two Harbors to unload taconite.
