Another train of raw taconite rock from the mine to the plant for processing into pellets to make steel.

A T-Bird crew change is taking place at Shelton Jct. / Largo after loading at United Taconite. On the right side is the Laurentian Aggregates rock crushing operation with it's GP9 visible and the ... (more)

CN 2112 is all loaded out and a new crew has arrived to keep the ore moving from United Taconite north Fairlane crusher to their processing plant 10 miles away. This mine, some of which is in the... (more)

The journey continues (in French and English). The anniversary of privatization logo applied to a handful of locomotives in 2010 is still in decent shape on 2107 as it toils away on ore trains in ... (more)

A quiet Easter Sunday afternoon while a T-Bird crew loads rock from the coarse crusher at United Taconite's North Thunderbird load out pocket, just like every other day of the week and year.

Heavy snow falls while a T-Bird taconite rock train makes it's way south after a crew change.

Heavy snow falls as the first crude ore train from United Taconite's new south pit arrives at the Fairlane processing plant. Disclaimer: Happy April 1st. Just an usual move captured. No new pit o... (more)

Heavy snow falls as the first crude ore train from United Taconite's new south pit arrives at the Fairlane processing plant. Disclaimer: Happy April 1st. Just an usual move captured. No new pit ... (more)

A partially loaded T-Bird heads to Fairlane.

Under the cover of darkness, A northbound T-Bird train comes around the corner and sees the green signal illuminated at Wolf to keep moving on the way back to the Thunderbird Mine north load out p... (more)

Unable to shove the full train all the way through the load out tunnel at Largo due to deep snow on the other side this T-Bird rolls down the Missabe Sub with only 56 loads of rock instead of the... (more)

A pair of anniversary edition CN dash 8's are just about to make the turn into the Fairlane taconite plant with loads of taconite bearing rock from the Thunderbird mine located 10 miles away.

Loaded crude ore train rolls south for the Fairlane processing plant on a pleasant spring day.

A pair of former North Western GEs split a highway intersection on their way back to the Thunderbird North mine for another load of iron ore.

Dust flies as two T-Bird raw iron ore trains pass at speed between the mine and processing plant. CN uses pairs of former C&NW GEs in this service, one of the few assignments on the former DM&IR t... (more)