A train of loaded taconite pellets passes the former DMIR roundhouse at Biwabik on its way to Proctor. At the time of this photo the DMIR had been owned by Canadian National for only a few months.
Little pieces of the Missabe Road are still to be found albeit they are getting harder and harder to find. Here is an old Adlake lantern used on a short spur to an industry long gone that was onc... (more)
They look good anywhere, don't they? A large horse of a different color hangs out deep in CN territory holding the air on a 195 car empty ore train. The train is an "E-Rail" running be... (more)
While not rare it is unusual to see a Norfolk Southern SD70M-2 parked in the yard at Biwabik, MN on a ore train. This train is 195 cars long and will travel to U.S. Steel's Minntac plant for load... (more)
The snow is tapering off now after another 6-8 inches fell across the area earlier in the day as the crew works with a van for shuttling purposes to prepare this 195 car taconite train for movemen... (more)