Slight backlighting highlights frost on the trees as a short limestone trains works north on a crisp morning.
Southbound on the former DM&IR.
Minntac loads grind up Saginaw Hill en route to Proctor.
Train is loaded with crushed taconite waste rock which is used locally in asphalt.
Northbound Minntac empties meet southbound UTAC loads at Coons (Saginaw).
Southbound road freight with empty covered hoppers in tow.
Steam rolls off freshly baked taconite pellets as a train from United Taconite rolls south towards Prctor.
