The last Missabe painted tunnel motor departs Minntac for Two Harbors on a beautiful October afternoon.

After the heavy snows the sky clears out and the tempurature drops as the cold Canadian air moves in. An Illinois Central Deathstar leads 120 loads of steaming pellets down from the U.S. Steel Mi... (more)

Starting it's career hauling ore for the Duluth, Missabe & Northern as DM&N 64 it was then renumbered to 806 when the Oliver Iron Mining Co. took ownership and moved it to Mountain Iron to move or... (more)

While sister 8895 leads 140 BNSF ore cars north on the Missabe Subdivision sister 8811 shoves on the rear. This will be the second train to load at CN-served Minntac and deliver its train to BNSF'... (more)

Another 120 loads of taconite pellets head down the hill from Minntac, visible in the upper right, bound for the dock at Two Harbors, MN

On a cold early spring day the only color on the northern Minnesota landscape was this trio of matched BNSF units leading 106 unmatched hoppers of taconite pellets coming off the hill at U.S. Stee... (more)

Coming down the mountain with 102 loads of taconite pellets from Minntac bound for Gary on a great 50 degree above zero day in northern Minnesota.

Back from a near death experience, DM&IR 215 lives on after repairs at Proctor to serve as the last SD38-2 maroon Missabe engine on the CN roster. Shown pulling loaded log cars out of Mt. Iron Ya... (more)

A rare ex-Conrail blue unit makes an appearance in northern Minnesota as the leader of an All-Rail train shown coming down off the hill from U.S. Steel Minntac with 103 loads of fresh baked taconi... (more)

Loaded ore train catches the last rays of light as it departs the massive U.S. Steel plant (in the distance). The train has new CN ore cars, which have proved troublesome during cold weather opera... (more)

Illinois Central 6263 and DM&IR 403 lead 120 steaming loads of iron ore pellets down the hill from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant, part of which can be seen in the distance.

Steaming ore loads leaving Mintac

A BNSF All-Rail taconite train adds a little more color to the already changing leaves here in northern Minnesota.

The last Missabe painted Tunnel Motor leads Minntac loads for Two Harbors. This was the only time the sun came out this afternoon.

IC 6256 leads a train of freshly baked iron ore pellets down the hill from U.S. Steel's Minntac facility in sub-zero temperatures.