Loaded all rail train of taconite pellets bound for Convent, LA leaves northern Minnesota behind.
DMIR SD40T-3 409 leads Fairlane-Proctor train U717 south as its taconite pellets steam during the cool morning temperatures.
A rolling steam bank down the Missabe sub behind BLE 900, CN 5338 and IC 6253 and pulling DMIR/Missabe ore cars loaded up at the United Taconite facility. The exhaust plume is from said facility ... (more)
An all-rail loaded at United Taconite races down the CN Missabe sub in the low afternoon light of the late fall season. This train has a final destination of Convent, LA.
Minorca-Proctor train U718 is southbound on the Missabe Sub between Fairlane and Kelsey behind a trio of Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnelmotors.
A loaded "All-Rail" train is southbound on the Missabe Sub, destined for Convent, LA.
Iron ore "All-Rail" loads for Convent, LA have just began their journey south, passing Zim, MN.
Three Bessemer and Lake Erie tunnelmotors are southbound on CN's Missabe Sub with an empty limestone train.
Steaming taconite pellets head south while a thunder storm brews along the Missabe Sub.
U717's train is getting up to track speed having departed United Taconite at Fairlane only a few minutes ago.
It's always nice to be able to pull over and just listen as these old veterans approach at track speed doing what they are supposed to do and that's earn revenue for the CN mothership.
CN 2025 leads a ore train South through Zim.
The clouds cleared just in time as three DMIR SD40-3's and 145 Missabe ore cars loaded with taconite pellets roar by at track speed.
Keenan, MN - Convent, LA "all rail" taconite loads head through Zim
A trio of pumpkins dodge clouds as they head back to Proctor.
