A executive MAC leads a taconite train east up Joliet hill.

BNSF SD70ACe 9271 leads a empty taconite train west through LaGrange.

Executive SD70MAC 9660 leads a westbound taconite train off the Barstow Sub and through Galesburg, passing new and old signals. The new signals have since been cut over.

The morning fog had almost lifted as a LTV Steel Mining taconite train unloads at Taconite Harbor, MN on June 20, 1997. The ore boat "St. Clair" was taking on a load.

All three of EJ&E's leased HLCX SD40M-3s led by 6056 in a SD40 body, lead a eastbound taconite train. The second engine is in a SD45 body while the third is in a very rare SDP45 body.