Fresh loads steam at United Taconite while I struggle to figure out why people keep saying the CN took over. I see a Missabe engine, with Missabe ore cars...

342 thunders down the main with the BCOL cowl threatening to blow up.

Could not have asked for better light on this gorgeous engine.

On a beautiful 48 degree day, a trio of Operation Lifesaver IC units thunder down the main, with the taconite dust giving the black almost a golden look.

Three IC Operation Lifesaver units thunder through Forbes enroute to Proctor. Unfortunate that they no are longer black (thank you taconite dust) and that there is no snow... it was 48 degrees out... (more)

Another load of raw ore rounds the wye into United Taconite behind a pair of Dash 8's.

The crew aboard BNSF 9215 looks for lights back to Keenan Yard after loading 60 cars of taconite pellets in the early morning hours of a foggy, cold morning at United Taconite. This train will m... (more)

Snow is falling and darkness seems to come early today but the taconite moves no matter what. The crew has finished loading 165 cars and is pulling out of United Taconite bound for Proctor and th... (more)

The golden rays of the morning sun greet the crew aboard CN 2107 as they enter United Taconite's Fairlane processing plant with rock from the mine.

The crew begins to pull and gets under way after traffic on the main has cleared. These freshly made steaming taconite pellets will eventually make their way all the way to Mexico from their origi... (more)

A T-Bird from the United Taconite crusher soars over the St. Louis River bridge on it's trip south with rock for the processing plant.

Crude ore loads are almost to the Uni-Tac plant.

Waiting to depart. Fresh made taconite pellets bound for Mexico steam away on a early cool, crisp morning at the United Taconite facility on Minnesota's Iron Range. The crew (and train) arrived i... (more)

What looks like rock to just about everyone driving by, will soon become pellets to build the frame they are driving on. Here a Largo - Fairlane crude taconite train takes the curve towards the Cl... (more)

A (just recently) empty crude ore train prepares to set off a b/o car at Fairlane before proceeding over to Largo for another load.