A few minutes before sun sets, IC 6252 sits in the yard at United Taconite waiting while an IC semi-trailer sits alongside. The trailer has been moving along with a tie gang that's been working o... (more)

With a Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motor and a CN Anniversary Dash 8 on the point, CN U731 rounds the bend as it comes off the main on the Missabe Sub and on to the lead into the Fairlane Taconite... (more)

A TBird mine shuttle heads south on a nice spring morning with rock for the plant.

A duo of Bessemer tunnel motors depart Fairlane with a T-bird.

Sitting. Waiting. Patience. A work block in between them and their destination is providing a time to sit and relax until things clear up and traffic moves allowing them to move. Eventually.

Turning off the CN Missabe sub and heading into the United Taconite plant to load pellets before returning back down to Proctor, MN.

Coming off the CN Iron Range Sub and now shoving into the CN Keenan yard with a long empty ballast train.

After shoving in with loads of limestone, CN 2032 is ready to depart with a cut of empties and head back to Proctor, MN.

Turning off the Missabe sub and approaching United Taconite property with loads of rock for the plant.

Preparing to shove back into United Taconite to deliver 45 loads of limestone to the plant for so the pellet making process can continue.

Departing Fairlane with empties heading back to the mine.

A nice run up the Missabe sub from Proctor to load pellets at United Taconite on a nice summer evening.

Time of photo is 2058 and the sunset time on this day is 2107. The absolute last ray of sun hits the U730 as they head north with a matched clean pair of dash 8's with the anniversary logo.

Signals to depart the yard and head down to Proctor with taconite pellets out of the United Taconite plant.

A Keenan switch crew is about to shove 100 taconite loads into CN Keenan yard and once tied down, they will tie onto another 88-car string and return back to Minntac and then return back here to K... (more)