Loads of fresh pellets steam towards Two Harbors as empties head back to Minntac for more. A couple bad order set-outs and some empty hoppers make Biwabik Yard look like the hub it once was.
With some remaining frost yet visible from a cool night, a colorful trio of SD40-3's lead steaming iron ore pellets from Minntac through Biwabik on a perfect Sunday morning.
As the pellets roll. Empties come north through Biwabik on the main as loads wait to proceed south in the siding. This train would meet another set of loads at Gilbert and they would take the si... (more)
Three Death Stars and one hundred twenty ore cars roll southbound down the Iron Range Sub heading for Two Harbors with taconite pellets from U.S. Steel Minntac.