A strange but good looking pair they do make. B&LE 903 and IC 6257 lead 97 empties and one load that wouldn't dump out of the Fairlane plant and back to the mine for more ore.
Illinois Central 6259 and Illinois Central 6255 lead 100 loads of raw taconite southward on a cold and crisp midday run towards the processing plant. The train is the same but the look of the for... (more)
One of Illinois Central's Death Star locomotives leads 102 loads of raw taconite southbound around the half way point between United Taconite's mine and the processing plant