A loaded Taconite Train accelerates out of Northtown with a SD70ACe and former BN SD70MAC on the point.

The engineer pulls up and waits for his conductor to arrive from the tail end of the train so they can take off. Luckily for the conductor there was a track inspector close by who offered to give... (more)

The engineer gives a friendly wave as he continues to pull his train of 125 cars off the loop track heading for the main after loading said cars with taconite pellets made at U.S. Steel's Keewatin... (more)

A freshly loaded BNSF ore train begins it's trip south for Birmingham, Alabama on a cold spring afternoon in Minnesota. The train was loaded at U.S. Steel's Keewatin taconite plant (Keetac) which... (more)

A BNSF ore train heads south for Birmingham, Alabama from it's starting point here on Minnesota's Iron Range. The train was loaded at U.S. Steel's Keewatin taconite plant (Keetac) and is 125 cars... (more)