CN C40-8 2111 pulls a loaded crude ore train into the north wye at Fairlane.

A loaded "T-Bird" pulls into UTAC.

An empty ore train pulls into Fairlane to load at United Taconite.

CN C40-8s 2028 and 2119 depart UTAC's pellet facility at Fairlane, heading back to loop track at Largo to reload.

Ranier-Proctor local train L568 is southbound on the Missabe Sub at Fairlane with a clean SD60 leading the way.

IC SD40-3 6252, CN SD60 5414, IC SD40-3 6255 and CN SD40-2W 5338 lead a short local northbound at Fairlane.

A healthy L568 is back on the move after making a pickup at Keenan. Next stop, Proctor.

Ranier-Proctor train L568 heads south on the Missabe Sub at Fairlane.

CN C40-8 2111 leads loaded T-Bird U73182 03 into UTAC.

T-Bird U73084 03 passes loaded pellet train U71781 03 at Fairlane. Both trains will depart north and south respectively within the next 10 minutes.

DMIR SD40T-3 405 gets 141 loads of iron ore on the move out of UTAC at Fairlane, about to enter the Missabe Sub for a run to Proctor.

BLE SD40T-3s 909, 904 and 906 lead a set of limestone empties south on the Missabe Sub at Fairlane.

CN SD60 5426 heads north at Fairlane with Proctor-Ranier train L567/

Approaching S. Fairlane back through N. Fairlane and with the tail end still crossing over the St. Louis River, CN 3853 leads about 20,000 tons of taconite pellets along the CN Missabe Sub.

It's a cold morning hauling hot taconite pellets as IC 6254 emerges from the shadows heading south for Proctor, MN.