With dust blowing off the empty ore jennies, DMIR 402 brings them back to the mine for loading on a late winter's afternoon.

The thick morning fog has mostly dissipated now leaving a gloomy landscape making CN's red nose stick out amongst the greens, grays and yellows.

Heavy snow is falling as the 1500 T-Bird pulls up to the signal at the United Taconite coarse crusher loadout.

After calling to depart Fairlane for Largo, DMIR 405 has received favorable signals and is indeed departing Fairlane to head back north to Largo to load these empties at the mine.

Fog covers the landscape on a cool 30 degree morning.

DMIR 405 crossing over the St. Louis river leading a rock train to the United Taconite plant.

Cutting through the trees and frost covered landscape.

DMIR 405 leads loads of taconite bearing rock on the final approach to the Cleveland-Cliffs United taconite plant for processing into pellets.

A spooky morning finds who knows what lurking in the fog.

A T-Bird shuttle train loaded with taconite rock departs Largo for the plant as the other Bird waits it's turn to position for loading.

A pair of big GE's team up to move sculped loads of raw taconite bearing rock from the mine to the plant passing through Iron Jct. and the long defunct former dispatching office for the Missabe th... (more)

CN 2939 steps off the Missabe Sub and briefly onto a section of track which is former DM&IR, complete with Missabe era date nails still in the ties. These two foreground tracks are used by a rock... (more)

Hauling taconite rock from the mine to the plant passing mp 66 on the CN Missabe sub. The coarse crusher loadout can still be seen above the rear of the train as they make their way south.

Loaded and departing Largo with 114 cars of taconite rock heading to the plant for processing.

A southbound T-Bird train meets a northbound container train on the double track portion of the CN Missabe Sub.