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.

It was a nice peaceful wait for the train to cross over the river.

After delivering limestone to the Minntac plant that turns into a backhaul of blast furnace trim with CN 2004 leading the way south to Proctor, MN.

CN 5244 leads a massive consist South through Forbes on a limestone train.

CN 730 heads back to Largo for another load of crude ore behind C40-8's 2107 & 2111.

Another All-Rail taconite train loaded at U.S. Steel's Minntac plant make its way down the CN Missabe sub for points much further south than here in northern Minnesota.

An empty T-Bird shuttle train waits outside the Fairlane Taconite Plant in Forbes, Minnesota with a Bessemer tunnel motor on the point. Once the recrew arrives, the train will depart for the T-Bir... (more)

Crossing the river on a nice summer's morning.