A typical northern Minnesota November day. BLE 900 charges north on the Minntac Sub to load taconite pellets at North America's largest taconite mine, U.S. Steel Minntac.
DMIR main near Mountain Iron
A U-790 loads on the east at U.S. Steel Minntac. There is the huge stockpile on the right that Minntac has had to put on the ground and that is what has been feeding the E-Rail trains to Escanaba... (more)
It's always busy when the largest taconite mine in the U.S. is running at capacity. At this facility, iron-bearing rock called taconite is mined and processed into iron ore pellets. Annual product... (more)
Just under Highway 169, BLE 909 hugs the curve leading 138 loads of fresh made marbles from U.S. Steel, Minntac bound for Proctor.
Went wide here as pellets for Two Harbors roll down the hill. A few miles later engine troubles would bring this train to a crawl and they would limp into Allen Jct. to await rescue.
DMIR 400, complete with a little duct tape holding the number board secure, leads loads of fresh made taconite pellets down from the massive U.S. Steel Minntac plant on a cold February afternoon. ... (more)
DMIR 403 leads loads of fresh made taconite pellets down the CN Minntac Sub on the way back to Two Harbors, MN. A part of the massive taconite plant (The Minntac plant is the world's largest tac... (more)
DMIR 405 leads 135 cars of steaming taconite pellets down the hill from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant ( some of which can be seen in the upper right) on the CN Minntac Sub and towards Two Harbors i... (more)
Under a drab sky, IC 6254 leads 136 car loads of still steaming taconite pellets down the hill from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant heading for Proctor, MN. Of note: CN has been installing new modern... (more)
A loaded limestone train approaches its destination at U.S. Steel's large Minntac (Minnesota Taconite) plant on the former DM&IR.
The last maroon tunnel motor leads empties into Mintac under a mid April snow shower.
A steamy load of taconite pellets departs Mintac behind three tunnel motors on a cold, windy and snowy April afternoon.
Freshly baked taconite pellets steam in the sub-zero temps on New Years Day.
A B&LE trio heads down the hill from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant, which is the world's largest taconite processing plant, with another train of fresh made taconite pellets heading to Proctor, MN.... (more)
