A snowy day across the landscape as CN 2111 and CN 2107 pull taconite loads south on the CN Missabe sub heading to the processing plant.
A T-Bird taconite shuttle makes it's way south on the CN Missabe Sub at Wolf, MN with loads for the United taconite plant at Forbes, MN.
On a snowy afternoon across northern Minnesota, CN 2111 leads the way south with rock from the mine heading to the plant keeping the money moving for Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. CN has recently pulled ... (more)
A pair of CN Dash 8's lead a raw ore shuttle at Wolf, Minnesota between the T Bird Mine and the Fairlane Taconite Processing Plant. As the train approaches Wolf Junction, it crosses through the mi... (more)
CN 2111 leads a ore train through Iron Junction.
Fairlane and T-Bird trains wait to depart for the Missabe Sub.
CN 2111 and CN 2112 run their train back up the Missabe sub from the United Taconite plant back to mine to load more taconite bearing rock. Their loads counterpart has the signals south and they ... (more)
Southbound taconite rock loads from the mine heading to the processing plant meet a loaded ballast train heading north while both rattle the steel bridge over the St. Louis river on the CN Missabe... (more)
A pair of CN C40-8's lead raw iron ore train U730 as they come off the Missabe Sub on to the lead into the Fairlane Taconite Processing Plant.
A pair of C40-8's on a T-Bird mine shuttle train get ready to depart with a load of crude iron ore bound for processing at the Fairlane Taconite Plant. A brief opening in the clouds lets the sun s... (more)
A pair of C40-8's lead T-Bird loads through Iron Junction, MN.
T-Bird loads head south through Keenan behind a pair of standard cab Dash 8's.
Running from the plant back to the mine as daylight runs out and the shadows start to creep in.
The snow is tapering off as a T-Bird train heads back to the mine to load more rock.
It's 2000 hrs. and the warm glow of the late evening summer sun illuminates an empty T-Bird as it gets favorable signals and prepares to leave the Fairlane running track for the loop at Largo to l... (more)
