Repainted DM&IR/CN SD40-3 400 leads taconite loads weighing at the Highland scale.
Ore empties behind repainted 400 and 401 north of Two Harbors.
Repainted Missabe tunnel motor 400 leads an unrepainted sister at Highland.
Repainted Missabe tunnel motor 400 drifts downgrade into Two Harbors, MN with ore loads.
Ore loads ease down the 3.0% grade into the Lake Superior port city of Two Harbors.
Ore loads southbound for Two Harbors after weighing at Highland.
Missabe power heads to Lake Head down the ore dock to pick up the limestone train.
Loaded ore train decends Proctor Hill on a bone chilling morning (-15F, windchill -30F).
A loaded Minntac I/D with steaming pellets rolls towards Two Harbors after northern Minnesota's first measurable snowfall of the year.
Reflecting on DMIR tunnel motor 400.
DMIR 400 inspected prior to starting the work day.
Second section of an Escanaba "E-Rail" ore train rolls south through Burnett on a bitter cold January day.
Empty iron ore train heads north for loading on CN's former DM&IR Missabe Division.
Eastbound Minntac loads east of Ramshaw at 9:44 AM.