One of the few remaining Missabe-painted 400s leads an empty ore train north for loading. The snow is fading fast.
Rolling south towards Two Harbors with 136 cars of Minntac pellets.
The Proctor Roadswitch leaving BNSF Rice's Pt for Proctor.
A grungy 404 leads a repainted sister and B&LE 909 up Proctor Hill with 28 limestone loads for Minntac.
Arriving at the plant with 91 loads and two idler cars.
A clean 403 accelerates through the crossovers at Iron Junction with Minntac loads bound for Two Habrors. IC 6264 and DMIR 411 assist on the 136-car train.
SD38AC 205 leads SD38-2 No. 211 south towards Fairlane with 99 loads and 2 idler cars.
A raw ore train makes it's way through Keenan on it's way to united tac for unloading.
Steam flows off of hot taconite pellets to roil around between the jennies.
Still proudly wearing its Missabe maroon and gold, 403 leads repainted sister 405 and unrepainted 412 south with limestone empties.
Repainted Missabe 400 leads B&LE 903 southbound through Alborn with pellet loads.
The Keenan switch leaves the UTAC plant with the Missabe X-19 crane in tow.
A freshly loaded Minntac train passes the classic code lines at Wolf, early in its journey back to Two Harbors.
The Keenan switch waits on the Sheldon Junction connecting track for a northbound ore empties bound for Minorca. It is getting harder and harder to catch solid Missabe consists.
