A BLE duo pulls taconite rock south on the CN Missabe sub.

Running through the snow.

Heading into the United Taconite Fairlane plant with rock from the mine as the sun sets on National Train Day Eve.

CN 2107 crossing over the St. Louis River.

BLE duo pulling 114 cars of taconite rock from the mine heading towards the plant entering the N. Fairlane switch off the CN Missabe sub and onto plant property shortly.

BLE duo pulling 114 cars of taconite rock from the mine heading towards the plant about 10 miles away on a cold spring morning.

IC 6253 passing over the fast-flowing St. Louis River as they head back north up the Missabe sub back to the mine to reload after unloading at the United Taconite plant.

A little fog in the air yet as BLE 906 is passing over the spring melt and rain swollen St. Louis River on the way to the United Taconite plant.

As snow falls across the landscape on Easter night, the sound of two SD40-3's in the shape of IC 6254 and IC 6253 rumble by while pulling empties north along the CN Missabe sub.

Pulling off the Missabe sub and onto the Fairlane leg heading onto the Cleveland-Cliffs United Taconite property with 114 loads of rock pulled by a BLE duo.

Day one of the new year and it's the same as day three hundred sixty-five of last year. Cold. The trains are still running back and forth but it's cold out there.

Staged and ready. BLE 906 waits patiently for the green light from the mine before shoving under the coarse crusher to load.

BLE 906 and DMIR 409 pause and wait for clearance from the mine operations before they shove under the coarse crusher loadout and begin the process of loading.

IC 6253 and sister IC 6254 are paired up to move rock from the mine to the plant to keep Cliffs United Taconite operations humming along. Here they are departing Largo with loads while the snow fa... (more)

Pulling off the CN Missabe sub and heading into the United taconite property with rock from the mine with a good-looking pair of DMIR locomotives and 114 DMIR ore cars.