On a cold and clear morning, Illinois Central 6256 leads GTW 6221 and I.C. 6254 down the hill from Minntac with fresh steaming pellets that are on the way to Two Harbors, MN and the docks there.

After experiencing engine trouble the crew did what they could to get it going but attempts where unsuccessful so the I.C. 6256 is being shoved south by two CSX engines who left their train in the... (more)

An older Illinois Central SD40-3 is paired up with a repainted DM&IR tunnel motor to pull 111 brand new CN/DM&IR ore cars fresh from loading taconite pellets at U.S. Steel Minntac.

A somewhat ugly old I.C. engine leads 111 brand spanking new CN/DM&IR ore cars down the Iron Range Subdivision towards Two Harbors, MN after loading at the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.