Steaming taconite pellets head south while a thunder storm brews along the Missabe Sub.

U717's train is getting up to track speed having departed United Taconite at Fairlane only a few minutes ago.

It's always nice to be able to pull over and just listen as these old veterans approach at track speed doing what they are supposed to do and that's earn revenue for the CN mothership.

CN 2025 leads a ore train South through Zim.

The clouds cleared just in time as three DMIR SD40-3's and 145 Missabe ore cars loaded with taconite pellets roar by at track speed.

Keenan, MN - Convent, LA "all rail" taconite loads head through Zim

A trio of pumpkins dodge clouds as they head back to Proctor.

With a Dash 8 leading a pair of SD40's, Canadian National U713 rolls south through the bog at Zim, Minnesota as it heads south on the Missabe with a loaded ore train from Minntac bound for Proctor... (more)

A trio of BLE Tunnel Motors heading north with limestone bound for Minorca.

CN 5426 leads a southbound in the early morning at Zim.

An IC sandwich heads southbound in some wild storm light.

Another steaming taconite train loaded at U.S. Steel's Minntac plant make its way south down the CN Missabe sub for Proctor yard on a cold just below freezing temperature morning here in northern ... (more)

CN 2025 leads ore loads South near Zim.

The gritty face of a taconite hauler.

A cold trip across the frozen landscape that is the Zim/Sax bog in NE Minnesota. These still steaming taconite pellets from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant are destined for Convent, LA approximately... (more)