DMIR 409 North leads an empty pellet train on the Missabe Sub between Coons and Alborn.
Hauling 137 iron ore empties north for another load, DMIR SD40T-3 409 passes the intermediate signal at Mile 26.6 on CN's Missabe Sub.
Steaming taconite pellets head south while a thunder storm brews along the Missabe Sub.
On the way up to the Minorca mine with limestone loads as the first significant snowfall of the season is happening.
A triple set of former DM&IR SD40-3's haul a limestone train north from Proctor, MN while snow continues to fall aiming for the Minorca mine.
The familiar face of DMIR 409 heads up a rail train at Fairbanks, MN on the CN Iron Range sub and will drop rail heading back north after the clearing of a northbound empty and a southbound loads ... (more)
Former DMIR tunnel motor 409 leads a rail train South past the old roundhouse at Biwabik.
U.S. Steel Minntac made taconite pellets head to Proctor, MN behind DMIR 409. Just imagine how good her maroon paint would look in this low winter afternoon light.
The former DMIR 409 leads a rail train South through Fayal.
DMIR 409 and GTW 5934 lead a rail train down the main on the Iron Range Sub at Fairbanks, MN while an empty ore train holds in the siding and M.o.W. workers hold in their warm trucks. It was nice ... (more)
Missabe Remains. DMIR 409 and GTW 5934 lead a rail train on the Iron Range Subdivision through Biwabik, as the old Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Biwabik Roundhouse still stands strong in the backgro... (more)
A trio of SD40's and old DMIR ore cars loaded to the brim with steaming taconite pellets rolling down the Missabe sub bound for Proctor, MN.
Track speed on a cold winter afternoon.
Heading south down the Missabe sub past Iron Jct. MN with steaming pellets after leaving the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.
Southbound for Proctor with steaming hot taconite pellets on a cold winter afternoon.
