Slowing to take the left turn into the United Taconite plant property with crude ore.
With signals to head south, CN 3306 pulls out of Largo with 94 cars of crude ore crossing over the Shelton Jct. diamond on the Missabe Sub while the other T-Bird waits for them to clear before pul... (more)
At the time, there was a little fall color starting to appear as this T-Bird makes its way past a few trees showing off. It's full-blown stick season now.
A T-Bird mine shuttle is about to slip under the Highway 37 overpass as they cruise along going between the mine and the processing plant.
The sun is setting, and the leaves are changing as CN 3308 leads taconite bearing rock down the Missabe sub slowing for the upcoming turn into the plant.
After going to Hinsdale to retrieve a cut of stored grain cars, the dayshift T-Bird crew is in the process of shoving all 10k feet of them into and out the other end of Keenan yard. Once tied dow... (more)
Southbound taconite bearing rock meets northbound freight at Iron Jct. along the double track section of the CN Missabe Sub.
After waiting for a northbound empty ore train to pass, CN 3319 is on the move back to the coarse crusher loadout at Untied Taconite to reload rock to take down to the plant.
A northbound freight is stopped waiting for favorable signals while a southbound mine shuttle heads for the plant.
Wildfire smoke from Canada casts it's haze on NE Minnesota as CN 3316 rumbles over the steel bridge spanning the St. Louis River as they travel to United Taconite.
After an evening thunderstorm, it's all calm now as ground fog shrouds CN 2212 while they dump ore at United Taconite.
In honor of Star Wars Day, A Deathstar leading a T-Bird on a gloomy November afternoon.
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.
On this Star Wars Day, a flashback to February when a Deathstar was leading a T-Bird.
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.
