DMIR 406 heads up one of the two sets of T-Birds which are both at the north end with the 406 currently loading while a GE set waits their turn.

A trio of IC's load taconite bearing rock at the United Taconite coarse crusher.

A T-Bird comes off the CN Rainy Sub at the T-Bird north switch and enters the loop track of United Taconite's coarse crusher.

A T-Bird pulls up alongside another T-Bird at the United Taconite Fairlane plant with lights to head back to the mine.

With sunset coming ever closer, a couple of EMDs pulling 94 cars of ore now has a fresh crew on board and away they go.

Iron bearing rock passes through Iron Jct. as they head down to United Taconite's processing plant from the mine.

Catching some of the last rays of sun, DMIR 406 begins to slow down for the left turn into the United Taconite plant with loads from the mine.

A pair of IC SD40-3s are in charge of their train moving iron bearing rock from the mine to the plant.

A trio of EMDs are leaving the coarse crusher with 94 loads and are about to take the light departing Largo and begin the trip to the plant.

When one of the big GEs go down for maintenance, a call to the bullpen is made and in comes a couple veteran IC SD40-3s to temporarily fill in and move ore.

It's a foggy frosty kind of day as CN 3224 cuts through the woods with their train in tow.

Snow falls as an empty mine shuttle train makes its way north on the CN Missabe Sub heading back to the mine to reload.

Rolling in a winter wonderland.

A winter landscape as a train passes over the frozen river.

Coming off the CN Rainy Sub at T-Bird North and entering the loop to load at United Taconite's coarse crusher.