The Kelly Lake local finishes putting the train back together after delivering one carload of coal to the HPU plant. This plant (started in 1894 and serving from it's present location since 1919)... (more)

An empty BNSF taconite train rolls east through some Minnesota landscape on a quiet early morning with fog and freezing drizzle covering the area. This train will load at United Taconite and retu... (more)

A little irony here as a taconite train is passing some equipment working on cutting through a pile of scrap steel, BNSF 6327 goes by Hibbing Salvage and a set of working Griswold signals as they... (more)

BNSF 9685 leads coal empties from CN Keenan yard through the city of Hibbing, MN and passing the downtown former coal burning power plant and a pair of working Griswold signals in the process.

After rolling through downtown Hibbing, the BNSF 9599 starts to pick up speed as they pass a local Ferrell gas operation on the towns east side. This train will load taconite at United Taconite a... (more)

An All-Rail taconite train heading to load at United Taconite blasts the horn as they cross 13th Ave and one of four pairs of working Griswold signals in downtown Hibbing, MN. The train will load... (more)

The Mitchell Engine House was built in 1906 by the Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railroad. The DM&N was owned by U.S. Steel which also owned the DM&IR. In 1938 the two railroads merged under the DM&I... (more)

The Mitchell Engine House was built in 1906 by the Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railroad. The DM&N was owned by U.S. Steel which also owned the DM&IR. In 1938 the two railroads merged under the DM... (more)

Shadowed by the buildings, BNSF 9845 leads a train of 88 coal empties thru the City if Hibbing, MN on a clear and cold Sunday afternoon.

The tail end of a loaded taconite train fresh from Keetac in Keewatin moves down BNSF's heavily forested and remote Casco Sub in northeastern Minnesota.

4410 pushes its' way into Hibbing Taconites perimeter. A haul road demanded this tunnel/bridge. The only problem is that small pile of dirt blocking the rear trucks.

These BN engines haven't been to the paint shop yet as they work pulling an ore train through Hibbing, Minnesota, in August of 1976.