A handful of former CNW/UP Dash 8's have been assigned to the former Missabe and are in use on the T-Birds hauling raw ore between the pit at Largo and the plant near Fairlane.

Two Dash-8's with the special paint scheme celebrating 15 years of privitization team up to work a T-Bird train on the former Missabe.

A loaded T-Bird passes by an empty taconite train on a sub-zero January morning.

Matching DMIR tunnel motors in CN colors roll off of the Missabe Sub and into the plant with another load of raw ore.

DM&IR 316 leads a crude ore train through Iron Junction. The 316 was retired and donated by the CN to the Missabe Railroad Historical Society in late 2008

Two freshly painted C40-8's that are currently assigned to the former Missabe to move tonnage, load taconite rock at United Taconite's coarse crusher. This is a good way to ruin a brand new paint... (more)

There are currently six of these C40-8 units assigned to the former Missabe to move tonnage. Here are two of them working T-Bird service returning to the mine for more taconite rock.

A friendly wave from the crew as a trio of SD40-3's lead loads of taconite rock over the steel bridge crossing the frozen St. Louis river on a cold early spring day in northern Minnesota.

As the sun begins to set out from the shadows comes a slightly bigger bird as CN tries to cut down the turn around times between the plant and the mine and has added a third unit to the usually re... (more)

The B&LE orange really looks like it's glowing against a cold blue sky at a time of day when the sun is just about below the horizon.

The red nose of the clean DM&IR 404 stands out in the otherwise white of a northern Minnesota landscape. Shown passing an empty U-711 northbound heading to Minntac.

T-Bird Loads roll off of the Missabe Sub and into the plant with another load of raw ore.

A T-Bird train begins loading rock at the crusher pocket. Hopefully it goes well like it ususally does but there is always that slim chance some thing goes wrong--http://www.railpictures.net/viewp... (more)

A quiet snowy Sunday morning is interrupted by CN 5246 and B&LE 909 rattling across the steel bridge deck over the partially frozen St. Louis river pulling 102 carloads of taconite rock.