One of two remaining Maroon and Gold DMIR locomotives leads a raw taconite train enroute to Unitac where it will be processed into taconite pellets. For some reason the train went into emergency ... (more)
Nothing like a good ol' fashion TRAIN RACE! Limestone empties are overtaking a loaded raw taconite shuttle south of Forbes as both trains click and clack over the line with their shorty cars. Th... (more)
On a crisp and cool second day of spring the DM&IR 405 and DM&IR 407 team up to move taconite rock southward rolling over the somewhat swollen almost ice free St. Louis river.
The DM&IR 403 and Illinois Central 6257 pass over the mostly ice free St. Louis River on a crisp spring morning with 72 loads of taconite rock for the United Taconite plant.