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.

The MRF, CN L593 speeds south with a wacky consist for Proctor, MN.

CN C40-8 2107 leads a crude ore train off of the Missabe Sub and into the processing plant at Fairlane.

A pair of Dash 8's rattle the steel bridge over the St. Louis river as they rumble northward with empties.

The Misc. Road Freight has just departed Keenan Yard with a healthy cut of cars and a few engines needing some attention. Those engines will be serviced at Proctor and will hopefully be returned t... (more)

A T-Bird train with a pair of former CNW/UP Dash 8's for power cross over the St. Louis river on a nice spring morning on the second day of the Minnesota fishing season.

Two Dash-8's with the special paint scheme celebrating 15 years of privitization team up to work a T-Bird train on the former Missabe.

DMIR 307,201 swing off the main into the pellet plant at North Fairlane.

DM&IR 222,861,204 have delivered a cut of limestone to Keenan yard and then have grabbed a string of empties and are heading to the Fairlane Tac. Plant to load and after that will be heading for P... (more)

Matching DMIR tunnel motors in CN colors roll off of the Missabe Sub and into the plant with another load of raw ore.