An odd merger lashup is dashing through the snow and cold with 128 loads of fresh Minntac pellets.

A pair of 400s lead 116 ore cars down the steep decent into the Lake Superior basin at Two Harbors.

The taconite plant at Mountain Iron can be seen on the hill behind the train as another load heads for the Iron Range sub and Two Harbors.

The sign of things to come - two repainted ex-Missabe units ease 116 ore loads into the yard at Two Harbors. Getting solid sets of unrepainted Missabe units is becoming harder.

Repainted DM&IR/CN SD40-3 400 leads taconite loads weighing at the Highland scale.