The short winter day is turning to night as this train bound for Hibbing Taconite is about to pass under the former DMIR Alborn branch.

A train of iron ore waits for a crew while a haul truck heads to the plant.

A loaded taconite train coming from Hibbing Taconite is almost to track speed as they roll down the Casco Sub just south of Hibbing, MN.

Coming up the BNSF Lakes sub and taking the right turn onto the BNSF Casco sub at Brookston for the trip up to the Iron Range and Hibbing Taconite to load taconite pellets.

Coming up the BNSF Lakes sub passing by the Sappi mill as they make their way to Hibbing Taconite to load pellets.

BNSF 3276 pulls cars loaded with taconite pellets thru the yard at Kelly Lake, MN on a nice fall afternoon.

Pellets enter the yard from Hibbing Taconite at Kelly Lake, MN to begin the trip south passing by an old signal giving them the green to proceed.

BNSF 3276 waits under this precast concrete tunnel for a crew that will take the train to the BNSF dock at Allouez, WI while a haul truck passes overhead with 208 tons of rock for the plant to the... (more)

Screaming through the woods of northern Minnesota with taconite pellets from Hibbing Taconite headed to their yard and dock at Allouez, Wisconsin.

BNSF 6618 leads a pellet train thru the yard at Kelly Lake after exiting Hibbing Taconite property and gets the favorable signals to begin the trip to the BNSF dock facility in Allouez, WI

BNSF 6618 leads a pellet train thru the tunnel exiting Hibbing Taconite and begins the trip to the BNSF dock facility in Allouez, WI as 240 ton haul truck passes above with more taconite rock to e... (more)

A clean BNSF 7111 roars through the small town of Carlton, MN with a train of Hibbing Taconite pellets for the dock at BNSF's Allouez Taconite Facility.

Loads from Hibbing Taconite scream down the BNSF Casco Sub passing under the former Missabe's long abandoned Coleraine line on their way to the BNSF's Allouez Taconite Facility near Superior, WI.

This SD75M is bringing up the rear of a loaded Hibtac headed into the dumper shed at Allouez.

Taconite ore empties head back to the mine for loading.