One of Illinois Central's Death Star locomotives leads 102 loads of raw taconite southbound around the half way point between United Taconite's mine and the processing plant

A T-Bird pulls 100 loads of raw taconite southward towards the processing plant of Untied Taconite. The deer hunter is watching the action from his stand at trackside as well.

A T-Bird pulls 100 loads of raw taconite out of Largo to begin the ten mile trip to the processing plant as the next T-Bird positions itself to get ready to load just above the rear of the departi... (more)

A T-Bird pulls 100 loads of raw taconite into the sunset.

On a cold winter's day the steel bridge rattles a little more that usual while the bare tree branches snap and crack together in the north wind as DM&IR 215 breaks natures noise breifly while lead... (more)

Another 100 dusty loads of raw taconite make the trip south towards the processing plant.

A friendly wave and a little tap on the horn as they cross over the river and notice a photographer standing below.

The lone former Missabe SD38-2 to receive CN paint adds to the colors of a northern Minnesota fall morning.

The former Missabe in it's glory days. All the engines with the exception of DM&IR 215 are retired or scrapped by CN. Even the ore cars are slowly starting to be replaced by new ones as CN has t... (more)

As the light of day starts to disappear and the long shadows of evening emerge, B&LE 909 and crew prepare to depart Largo and head to Fairlane with 100 loads of raw taconite.

A T-Bird train runs down the Missabe Sub. towards United Taconite's Fairlane plant. The operation continues the same today but the Missabe units are no more. Missabe 212 has been repainted into C... (more)

A classic Missabe shot of a maroon pair of DM&IR engines working on a T-Bird train on a cold northern Minnesota winter morning. The DM&IR 212 has since been repainted into CN colors and the other ... (more)

A classic Missabe shot of a maroon pair of DM&IR engines working on a T-Bird train on a cold northern Minnesota winter morning. Both of these units have since been retired by CN.

The last SD-M on the former Missabe fleet, DM&IR 308, leads an empty T-Bird back to Largo. The DM&IR 308 has now officially been retired from the active CN roster as of March 21st, 2009 bringing ... (more)

Heading towards United Taconite's Fairlane pellet plant with more iron ore from the mine.