Another train of freshly made taconite pellets rolls south from United Taconite via the Missabe Subdivision on a nice summer day.
A trio of SD60's lead an empty limestone train through the swamps of Zim on a nice Sunday morning. CN's latest experiment is to use a Distributed Braking Car at the rear of these limestone trains... (more)
Their U.S. Steel roots run deep, but in 2010 these three units are now under the CN flag as they roll the MRF south towards Proctor dodging rain showers all the way. The two Missabe units, 215 and... (more)
Pacing 405 leading empties to T-bird. I imagine this is easier with someone else driving. Thanks to RP member Kevin Madsen for tipping me on northbound moves.
A train with 132 loads of taconite pellets cruises down the Missabe Subdivision and past M.P. 51 on a warm early spring day in northern Minnesota.
DMIR 409,408 are southbound near Zim with loads from the Fairlane plant headed to Proctor. At the time the Fairlane plant was producing two to three loaded trains a day.
DMIR 405,403 are southbound near Zim with loads from the Fairlane plant headed to Proctor. The clean power was typical for the DMIR into the 90's.
Stacks to the horizon. CN 2300 leads a long southbound stack train down the Missabe Subdivision in the last light of a perfect fall day.
After leaving United Taconite's Fairlane plant the chase was on for the dozen or so railfans that took a break from the NRHS convention in Duluth and came up to the Iron Range to see the DM&IR 403... (more)
The only iron ore train leaving the Iron Range today from the only one of the six taconite plants producing pellets today a pair of repainted former Missabe tunnel motors pull the 140 cars of stil... (more)
A heavy southbound manifest train with CN 2280 leading just north of Zim MN
An All-Rail BNSF pellet train from U.S. Steel Minntac will end up at U.S. Steel Fairfield.
Illinios Central 6260 and DM&IR 215 lead a train of iron ore pellets south towards Proctor.
DMIR 402 leads a full load of steaming taconite pellets from United Taconite enroute to Proctor. Temp is 25 below zero.
DM&IR 402 and Illinios Central 6252 ramp up their combined 6000 horsepower to track speed with steaming loads of iron ore pellets in tow.
