DMIR 405 and two CN SD40-2W's are just completing loading of their train or iron ore taconite pellets at the Fairlane Processing Plant. Once loading is complete the train will be recrewed for its ... (more)
An Illinois Central SD40-3 in death star paint leads loaded taconite ore train as it passes through a s-curve just south of Culver, Minnesota on its way to Duluth.
Diesel exhaust and taconite pellet steam fills the air behind CN U717 as Illinois Central SD40-3 6252 leads the heavy train towards Duluth.
IC deathstar SD40-3 6252 leads loaded taconite train U717 as it traverses the Minntac Sub towards Proctor Yard, passing under the Rainy Sub in Munger, Minnesota.
Loaded iron ore train CN U717 crosses over the Whiteface River in Kelsey, Minnesota behind a trio of EMD's.
IC 6256 splits the signals at the Fairlane control point on the Missabe Sub as it leads a steaming train of taconite pellets south.
An Illinois Central Deathstar SD40-3 and two DMIR tunnel motors let out a puff of smoke as they haul a heavy train of taconite pellets towards Duluth. The train is about to clear the N. Coons cont... (more)
An Illinois Central Deathstar SD40-3 and two DMIR tunnel motors break the silence on a perfectly clear morning as their ore train roars through the South Alborn control point.
A trio of EMD SD40 locomotives haul U717 through the Control point at South Kelsey. The ore train pounded south on the mainline while a northbound manifest freight held in the siding.
A trio of classic EMD's haul a loaded iron ore taconite train as it comes through Iron Junction on CN's Missabe Sub.
A trio of classic EMD's are doing every bit of track speed on the CN Missabe Sub in Zim, Minnesota as they haul a heavy train of taconite pellets towards Duluth.
Southbound U-Tac loads roll south for the dock at Duluth.
Southbound U-Tac loads roll around the connection at Forbes.
Limestone loads head north through Iron Jct heading for Minntac.
