After waiting at Virginia, MN for two north bound trains on the CN Rainy Sub and then waiting at Wolf for another north bound train on the CN Missabe Sub. this 1.5 million dollar taconite train is... (more)

With 144 loads of taconite pellets in tow, IC 6255 takes the siding at Virginia, MN to let two northbounds keep rolling towards the Canadian border. This is the former DW&P yard.

A million dollars of ore blasts down the hill for Two Harbors with a nice wave from the engineer.

Three SD40-3's pull 135 ore cars full of new taconite pellets southbound through Biwabik on the way to Two Harbors, MN.

Empties for U-Tac are having a hard time getting up the grade at Munger. Scenes like this could be coming to a close soon...

Once a proud depot on the Missabe, now the depot at Saginaw rots away.

IC 6255 leads an empty ore train off of the Iron Range Sub and onto the Missabe Sub at Iron Junction.

CN 6255 and company come down from U.S. Steel Minntac's east side loading pocket passing a contractor in charge of removing some of the extra trackage in the Mtn. Iron yard.

Go towards the light! With frost on the ties and vegitation and fog in the air, a matched trio of SD40-3's head east into the sun, which has just cracked the horizon on a crisp fall morning. Th... (more)

A matched trio of SD40-3's break the silence of a crisp fall morning as they roll thru a frosty Biwabik yard with their train of steaming taconite pellets bound for Two Harbors, MN.

After spending 2 hours and 45 minutes loading 120 cars, this train is now on the move back to Two Harbors with train full of iron ore out of Minntac Mine. Here the train is 3 miles out of the mine... (more)

One of only two remaining DM&IR units in maroon pulls and empty T-Bird back to the Thunderbird Mine.

Ah Minnesota! May 7th, 2010 brings heavy snow to northern Minnesota but the mines and trains still run. A T-Bird prepares to shove back under the United Taconite load-out and fill these ore cars... (more)

The 1st train out of the Thunderbird Mine today at Largo is about done with its 1st trip as they arrive at United Taconite's plant near Forbes, MN. 100 loads of raw iron ore is heading to the plan... (more)

Regular Merchandise Train from Waterloo, IA - Chicago, IL exits the tunnel at East Dubuque.