After departing the Minorca mine north of Virginia, MN, 145 loads of taconite pellets are still steaming in the cold Minnesota winter air as they travel along towards the dock at Two Harbors, MN.
CN SD40u 6024 leads U716, an empty ore train headed for United Taconite in Forbes, MN, off of the scale tracks in Proctor in perfect light as it departs north.