Bringing taconite bearing rock from the mine down to the plant and passing west wye at Iron Jct. MN.

Crossing over the Whiteface River at Kelsey, MN while slowing down for meet up ahead along the CN Missabe Sub.

The Thunderbird Mine stands in the background as the Deathstar trio is ready to make a pull. The crew is preparing to shove the train to the loader. The thick cloud cover made it tricky to find su... (more)

The Rochester & Southern's GW-1 makes their departure from Rochester with empty salt hoppers for the mine in Mount Morris and is about to cross over Ballantyne Road after rolling through Genesee J... (more)

A trio of IC SD40-3s on temporary assignment working the T-Bird job at Largo about to shove back to the coarse crusher to begin loading taconite bearing rock into 94 old DMIR ore cars.

Iron ore pellets and a couple of classics head back to Proctor yard after loading at United Taconite.

IC 6252, 6251 and 6260 slowly roll along, approaching Fairlane with loads from the T-Bird mine in Eveleth. EMD's are rare on T-Bird trains, making a trio of Deathstar SD40-3's that much more of a ... (more)

The famous Illinois Central Deathstar trio exits Main 2 at N Fairlane, slowly making way to the nearby United Taconite Fairlane plant. In charge of another train of raw iron ore, the trio looked a... (more)

Power for the V27 local prepares for an evening run to Roxboro, NC as loaded coal train 780 passes bound for Mayo.

A trio of IC "Deathstars" are on temporary T-Bird service while the usual rebuilt AC44C6Ms assigned now to this job receive some service at Proctor shops before returning to reclaim thei... (more)

A trio of IC "Deathstars" are on temporary T-Bird service while the usual rebuilt AC44C6Ms assigned now to this job receive some service at Proctor shops before returning to reclaim thei... (more)

IC 6252, 6251 and 6260 depart the Fairlane processing plant with ore empties for the Thunderbird mine in Eveleth, MN. All three units still wear the classic Illinois Central "Deathstar" ... (more)

IC 6252, 6251 and 6260 make for a classic trio of "Deathstar" SD40-3's as they unload raw iron ore at the United Taconite Fairlane processing plant.

A trio of IC "Deathstars" are on temporary T-Bird service while some rebuilt AC44C6Ms receive some service at Proctor before returning to reclaim their spot on this job.

Southbound Q541 thunders across Ollis Creek