A friendly wave and a little tap on the horn as they cross over the river and notice a photographer standing below.

The lone former Missabe SD38-2 to receive CN paint adds to the colors of a northern Minnesota fall morning.

The former Missabe in it's glory days. All the engines with the exception of DM&IR 215 are retired or scrapped by CN. Even the ore cars are slowly starting to be replaced by new ones as CN has t... (more)

An old DM&IR ore car build date 1952 vs. a new DM&IR ore car build date 07/ 2009.

DM&IR 408 pulls 136 loads of taconite pellets out of Fairlane as an empty T-Bird and the Keenan Switch jockey for space in the backround.

An engineer puts the power to his mighty steads and begins to pull the 136 loads of taconite pellets out of the plant towards Proctor, MN.

The only iron ore pellet train leaving the Iron Range today waits for the crude ore train to leave so they can head to Proctor.

The only iron ore pellet train leaving the Iron Range today eases up to speed behind the last maroon tunnel motor of the former Missabe fleet.

DM&IR 410 leads the way through a blinding snowstorm with limestone loads bound for U.S. Steel's Minntac plant.

A T-Bird train runs down the Missabe Sub. towards United Taconite's Fairlane plant. The operation continues the same today but the Missabe units are no more. Missabe 212 has been repainted into C... (more)

A classic Missabe shot of a maroon pair of DM&IR engines working on a T-Bird train on a cold northern Minnesota winter morning. Both of these units have since been retired by CN.

DM&IR 403 leads 136 loads of iron ore pellets over the St. Louis River bridge after leaving Minntac.

A loaded T-bird train at Forbes MN in late afternoon.

DM&IR 215 rounds the final curve and begins the approach to United Taconite's Fairlane plant with 98 loads of raw taconite for processing.

Nothing screams Missabe like a pair of Illinois Central SD40-2's leading a train from Minntac down the Missabe Subdivision as the iron ore pellets steam away in the cold air of a Minnesota aftern... (more)