DMIR 405 leads 135 cars of steaming taconite pellets down the hill from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant ( some of which can be seen in the upper right) on the CN Minntac Sub and towards Two Harbors i... (more)

Under a drab sky, IC 6254 leads 136 car loads of still steaming taconite pellets down the hill from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant heading for Proctor, MN. Of note: CN has been installing new modern... (more)

A loaded limestone train approaches its destination at U.S. Steel's large Minntac (Minnesota Taconite) plant on the former DM&IR.

The last maroon tunnel motor leads empties into Mintac under a mid April snow shower.

A steamy load of taconite pellets departs Mintac behind three tunnel motors on a cold, windy and snowy April afternoon.

Freshly baked taconite pellets steam in the sub-zero temps on New Years Day.

A B&LE trio heads down the hill from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant, which is the world's largest taconite processing plant, with another train of fresh made taconite pellets heading to Proctor, MN.... (more)

U789 has just departed Minntac with another load of freshly baked taconite pellets, headed to Two Harbors.

A blustery cold winter afternoon on the first day of the new year and the Minntac taconite plant is churning out hot pellets for the steel mills. The IC 6252 is in charge of this string of 142 ca... (more)

The snow from the morning storm is tapering off now as DM&IR 406 leads 135 loads down the hill from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant in Mountain Iron, MN for the docks in Two Harbors, MN.

With Two Harbors experiencing a severe power shortage, the 40 year old DMIR 405 and another unit were grabbed out of Keenan and now lead this dry ice, er taconite, train out of Minntac for Couple ... (more)

A matched set of Bessemer tunnel motors lead a steaming ore train bound for Two Harbors on a crisp +8F morning.

During the first significant snowfall of the season for northern Minnesota, DM&IR 402 leads 142 loads of taconite pellets down the hill from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant bound for Proctor, MN.

A million dollars of ore blasts down the hill for Two Harbors with a nice wave from the engineer.

BLE 904 strains to hold back 135 loads of taconite as she races the sun down the Minntac Sub heading for Two Harbors.