DMIR 403 leads cars of taconite rock towards the United Taconite Fairlane plant in Forbes, MN nearly completing the 10 mile trip from the mine near Eveleth, MN. The plant, once owned by the Ford ... (more)
The old searchlight signals at Forbes working to protect train traffic on the CN Missabe Sub main 1 and 2 respectively. Both a northbound and a southbound are currently lined for movement while a... (more)
Damaged in a derailment at Fairbanks, Minnesota in early 2014, CN 6013 was repaired and placed back into ore service. Here it leads a loaded ore train from Minntac past a switch crew that is nursi... (more)
DM&IR ore car 40822 was one of 500 in class U-23 delivered during 1948 from Pullman Standard, five years before the Missabe purchased its first diesels. Still in service for CN, the car still reta... (more)