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.
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.
Exhaust pours out of a trio of SD40 variants as they are full throttle coming up the 5 mile 2.2% grade from the docks at Lake Superior. Its not Missabe but the B&LE units are always a treat up her... (more)
An empty ore train makes short work of a plow ridge created by the Lake County truck in the distance, which was coming back and sanding the opposite side of the road.