Another 120 loads of taconite pellets head down the hill from Minntac, visible in the upper right, bound for the dock at Two Harbors, MN
An I.C. Death Star looks like it's in hyperspace delivering empty ore jennies back towards the mine for the reloading of raw taconite.
Illinois Central 6259 and Illinois Central 6255 lead 100 loads of raw taconite southward on a cold and crisp midday run towards the processing plant. The train is the same but the look of the for... (more)
One of Illinois Central's Death Star locomotives leads 102 loads of raw taconite southbound around the half way point between United Taconite's mine and the processing plant
A T-Bird pulls 100 loads of raw taconite southward towards the processing plant of Untied Taconite. The deer hunter is watching the action from his stand at trackside as well.
A T-Bird pulls 100 loads of raw taconite out of Largo to begin the ten mile trip to the processing plant as the next T-Bird positions itself to get ready to load just above the rear of the departi... (more)