After a meet with it's counterpart hauling empties north, a trio of GE's with loads gets on it and starts to pull 145 cars of taconite pellets as they continue on the trip between U.S. Steel Minnt... (more)

A trio of GE's with loads hold the main and give a roll by to their counterpart, with a mix of GE and EMD, hauling empties between Minntac and Two Harbors, MN.

A nice summer morning finds a trio of new to the former Missabe GE's gliding through the yard with taconite pellets from Minntac heading to Two Harbors.

Tax day in America finds a trio of new to the former Missabe GE's cutting through a snowstorm with taconite pellets from Minntac heading to Two Harbors.

A trio of dash 8's pass under county road 666 at CN Nugget as they travel thru heavy falling snow on their trip to Two Harbors.

Running thru falling snow, a trio of Dash 8's lead 140 cars of taconite pellets south towards Two Harbors.

The new faces on the Missabe run past a searchlight signal from the days of the Missabe.

It's daybreak on a very cold morning and the fresh baked taconite pellets interact with that wind whipped cold air as the train continues south to Two Harbors.

Loaded out and departing U.S. Steel Minntac with 144 cars of steaming taconite pellets bound for the yard at Two Harbors, MN.

It's Christmas morning at 0800 and the air temperature is -19 degrees with a wind that is whipping about 20 mph out of the north making it feel like -40 degrees out here yet the men and women that... (more)

A quartet of SD40-2W's with taconite pellets in tow rumble southward through the small community of Allen Jct. passing by some M.O.W. equipment being stored in the small yard located there.

The crew of a southbound loaded taconite train gives a good roll-by to a empty northbound taconite train.

A sweet sounding four pack of classic EMD's pulling 145 ore cars of steaming taconite pellets on a nice fall morning rumbling south along the Iron Range Sub through the small community of Allen Jc... (more)

A sweet sounding four pack of classic EMD's pulling 145 ore cars of steaming taconite pellets on a nice fall morning with a hint of remaining fall color on the landscape. CN 5337, CN 5338, CN 5318... (more)

With the overnight frost still evident on this cool morning, BLE 909 leads 140 cars of taconite pellets through what's left of the fall color season in northern Minnesota.