That low winter light looks good plastered on the side of this all EMD power set and ore cars complete with a little bit of steam rising as the cold air mingles with the fresh taconite pellets.
Its minus 34 degrees at daybreak and BLE 900 pops out of the shadows at N. Fairlane with U711 in tow for Proctor.
Empty ore train U716 rounds the bend in the morning sun as it comes off the Missabe Sub and down the connection to United Taconite's Fairlane Plant in Forbes, Minnesota for loading. A pair of form... (more)
Matched Dash 8's pull rock loads from United Taconite's Thunderbird north pit down the Missabe sub and will soon be making the left turn to deliver into United Taconite's Fairlane plant property.
About a half hour after the sun set for the day, DMIR 400 is pulling up and out from the plant with its train of steaming marbles in tow while CN 2107 rounds the bend after dumping its train of ta... (more)
With a half loaded train of blast furnace trim from Minntac in tow, CN R901 cruises south over the St. Louis River in Forbes, Minnesota as they approach the North Fairlane control point. The trio ... (more)
As the sun sets on the Missabe and paints the sky brilliant shades of pink and purple, Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motor 906 leads the U716 with ore empties as it takes the diverging route at Sout... (more)
CN C40-8 2111 leads a loaded T-Bird south on the Missabe Sub at North Fairlane.
The evening sun shines on the Fairlane Taconite Plant in Forbes, Minnesota as a pair of Dash 8's on U73085-04 pull a string a raw ore empties out of the loop track after unloading. Once they get t... (more)
Limestone empties (actually loaded with taconite pellets!) head south towards Duluth to unload on the dock before heading for another load of limestone.
An empty stone train breaks the evening silence in Forbes, Minnesota as a quartet of locomotives hustle the train towards Proctor, passing between the North and South Fairlane control points. Repa... (more)
U717's train departs Fairlane with loaded iron ore pellets for Proctor/Duluth.
L568's train is southbound approaching Fairlane on the Missabe Sub.
IC SD40-3 6260 is just south of South Fairlane leading train U714 south on the Missabe Sub towards Proctor.
CN C40-8 2111 departs Fairlane with an empty "T-Bird".
