Empty ore hoppers make their way south behind a trio of C40-8s after making a limestone delivery at Minntac.

While perhaps not the most glamourous or breathtaking railroad photo ever but a photo of a behind the scenes piece of essential railroad equipment that's keeps the trains moving-safely and efficie... (more)

CN SD40-2W 5338 and 3 other SD40 types head down the Minntac Sub with a fresh, steaming load of iron ore pellets for Two Harbors.

CN SD40-2W 5338 leads a fresh, steaming loaded ore train out of Minntac.

A train with 140 cars of taconite pellets makes it's way down from U.S Steel's Minntac plant on a nice winters day headed to the yard at Proctor, MN and ultimately the docks at Duluth, MN. Minnta... (more)

15,000 ton train consisting of 123 cars loaded with taconite pellets cruises down the CN Minntac Sub after leaving the plant bound for the steel mill.

A fairly clean BNSF SD70ACe leads 123 cars of taconite pellets off the U.S. Steel Minntac property on the start of the lengthy journey to the steel mill with the 15,000 ton train.

All loaded out and departing U.S. Steel Minntac property with 143 loads of taconite pellets, DMIR 403 cruises at track speed down the CN Minntac Sub, then the CN Missabe Sub and finally the CN Iro... (more)

Idled for part of the summer, U.S Steel Minntac is now back to full strength and pumping out taconite pellets by the train load. IC 6260 leads 144 cars of fresh made pellets down the hill from th... (more)

On this day in 1893, at approximately 5:19 p.m., for the first time a load of iron ore mined from the Merritt’s Iron Mountain Mine along the Mesabi Iron Range arrived in Duluth with ten cars pul... (more)

Something that appeals to me has been the trio of SD60's on the limestone trains working between Duluth and the Minntac Mine in Mt. Iron. These trains were running more at night to Minntac and bac... (more)

ex-DM&IR, CN 404 is leaving the iron range, and headed to Duluth docks to unload a fresh steaming load of taconite. Mountain Iron, MN. 10/01/2006

CN 5451 continues to lead the charge up the hill and is almost onto U.S. Steel, Minntac property with limestone loads on a fog filled afternoon.

A EMD quartet leads 144 ore loads down from the U.S. Steel Minntac mine ( barely visible behind the trees) on the CN Minntac Sub. for the CN Missabe Sub then onto the CN Iron Range Sub and eventua... (more)

The weather is clearing slightly from the fog experienced on the northbound trip as BLE 900 is now southbound with fresh made taconite pellets from U.S. Steel, Minntac bound for Two Harbors, MN.