How cool is this in 2022. BLE 906 and sister BLE 909 bring taconite rock loads south and meet up with DMIR 404 and sister DMIR 406 bringing the empties north along the CN Missabe sub.
BLE 909 and sister BLE 906 continue to be paired up (thanks, CN!!!) to move rock from United Taconite's Thunderbird mine coarse crusher down to their plant about 10 miles away where it's made into... (more)
BLE 906 and sister BLE 909 continue to load rock at United Taconite's Thunderbird mine coarse crusher while a production truck rumbles by on its way to feed the crusher more material.
DMIR 404 and sister DMIR 406 are currently paired up to move rock from the United Taconite Thunderbird mine down to their Fairlane processing plant 113 cars at a time. Seen passing the former DMI... (more)