Loaded ore train catches the last rays of light as it departs the massive U.S. Steel plant (in the distance). The train has new CN ore cars, which have proved troublesome during cold weather opera... (more)
Steaming iron ore pellets travel along the Missabe Subdivision in the new CN/DMIR ore cars. The new cars arrived in late summer of 2009 to replace the aging fleet of Missabe/DM&IR cars
Illinois Central 6263 and DM&IR 403 lead 120 steaming loads of iron ore pellets down the hill from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant, part of which can be seen in the distance.