Back from a near death experience, DM&IR 215 lives on after repairs at Proctor to serve as the last SD38-2 maroon Missabe engine on the CN roster. Shown pulling loaded log cars out of Mt. Iron Ya... (more)

A rare ex-Conrail blue unit makes an appearance in northern Minnesota as the leader of an All-Rail train shown coming down off the hill from U.S. Steel Minntac with 103 loads of fresh baked taconi... (more)

Loaded ore train catches the last rays of light as it departs the massive U.S. Steel plant (in the distance). The train has new CN ore cars, which have proved troublesome during cold weather opera... (more)

Illinois Central 6263 and DM&IR 403 lead 120 steaming loads of iron ore pellets down the hill from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant, part of which can be seen in the distance.

Steaming ore loads leaving Mintac

A BNSF All-Rail taconite train adds a little more color to the already changing leaves here in northern Minnesota.

The last Missabe painted Tunnel Motor leads Minntac loads for Two Harbors. This was the only time the sun came out this afternoon.

IC 6256 leads a train of freshly baked iron ore pellets down the hill from U.S. Steel's Minntac facility in sub-zero temperatures.

The sun is setting on the former Missabe Road. This ore car was built in April 1949, and it's been in service on the DM&IR for almost sixty years. When it was new, it was pulled between Proctor,... (more)

DM&IR 409 leads a loaded Minorca South from Shelton Junction across the Hwy crossing.

One of the repainted CN tunnel motors leads steaming taconite loads around the curve and onto the main at Wolf Jct.

A pair of DMIR's sharp looking SD38s head into the setting sun with raw ore loads from Thunderbird mine destined for Fairlane Taconite Plant a couple miles down the line.

A pair of Zebras lead southbound CN train Q198 off the lead from the DWP and onto the DMIR main for a quick trip south to Adolph.

One of the more interesting consists on the former Missabe in recent years (BLE 909, IC 6006, DMIR 308) roll a loaded ore train south for Proctor on a crisp -6F morning.

A loaded taconite train has just departed the Minntac plant with 116 loads for Two Harbors behind repaint 406.