Taconite pellets can be found strewn all around the old Missable right of way, and this crossing is no different. A local heads north onto the Range with a trio of EMDs.

Steaming loads of taconite pellets travel south to Duluth just after sunrise on a bitterly cold -29F morning.

As the last rays of light filter through, a trio of SD60s lead a load of limestone north out of Proctor on their way to Fairlane to be used in the production of taconite pellets.

The snow has subsided but now the cold wind is blowing in from Canada and the temperature is dropping quickly giving the photographing of a U-730 with a relatively clean, matched pair of anniversa... (more)

57 loaded side dumps full of limestone scurry along the Missabe behind a trio of big 60s.

Ore train bound for Proctor enters the lonely stretch of highway between MP 56 and the siding at Alborn, a distance of about 20 miles of nearly dead straight track.

Empty ore hoppers follow in tow behind a trio of SD40s northbound on the Missabe bound for the iron range to load up with Taconite pellets.

A mixed freight drag heads northbound among the peak fall colors at North Coons.

The last hour of sunlight brings a golden hue over the Missabe Sub as this northbound ore empty heads west through the tiny town of Munger.

These are the ore cars that haul the ore that builds the country. On the left is a northbound train of BNSF ore cars led by BNSF 6864 bound for U.S. Steel, Minntac and on the right is a southboun... (more)

Unable to shove the full train all the way through the load out tunnel at Largo due to deep snow on the other side this T-Bird rolls down the Missabe Sub with only 56 loads of rock instead of the... (more)

A matched pair of C40-8's in the anniversary edition paint scheme rolls through the classic searchlight signals at Wolf as they move rock from the Thunderbird mine to the Fairlane plant of United ... (more)

Nice trio of CN SD40-2W's hustle an empty Minorca or Minntac limestone train back to Proctor as they lean into the curve just south of Culver.

Nice trio of CN SD40-2W's hustle an empty Minorca or Minntac limestone train back to Proctor. Normally only Minorca receives limestone by ore jennies, but lately it appears Minntac has been as wel... (more)

A nice, clean 5411 and two SD40-2Ws bring limestone loads north out of Saginaw.