On this Star Wars Day, a flashback to February when a Deathstar was leading a T-Bird seen finished up loading at the United Taconite coarse crusher and getting ready to depart for the plant.

DMIR 406 heads up one of the two sets of T-Birds which are both at the north end with the 406 currently loading while a GE set waits their turn.

A trio of IC's load taconite bearing rock at the United Taconite coarse crusher.

A T-Bird comes off the CN Rainy Sub at the T-Bird north switch and enters the loop track of United Taconite's coarse crusher.

A trio of EMDs are leaving the coarse crusher with 94 loads and are about to take the light departing Largo and begin the trip to the plant.

When one of the big GEs go down for maintenance, a call to the bullpen is made and in comes a couple veteran IC SD40-3s to temporarily fill in and move ore.

A small sliver of blue sky is evident on an otherwise cloudy and cold morning as U791, with its 1x1 configuration, thunders along the CN Iron Range Sub heading for Two Harbors, MN.

Coming off the CN Rainy Sub at T-Bird North and entering the loop to load at United Taconite's coarse crusher.

Shiny new rebuilds move marbles from the Minorca mine and are about to take a right turn at Shelton Jct. as they head down to Two Harbors, MN.

An early morning T-Bird loads rock at the coarse crusher as the sun comes up for the day.

North Shore Track Services GP9 115 is parked until needed at Laurentian Aggregates at Largo just outside United Taconite operations near Eveleth, MN. This GP9 is used to switch out stone cars her... (more)

The Thunderbird Mine stands in the background as the Deathstar trio is ready to make a pull. The crew is preparing to shove the train to the loader. The thick cloud cover made it tricky to find su... (more)

A trio of IC SD40-3s on temporary assignment working the T-Bird job at Largo about to shove back to the coarse crusher to begin loading taconite bearing rock into 94 old DMIR ore cars.

CN 2111 comes off the CN Rainy Sub at control point T-Bird and enters the loop at United Taconite's coarse crusher for loading.

Coming off the Missabe Sub connecting track at Shelton Jct to head north on the Rainy Sub heading to Canada.