Beginning to ramp up speed as BNSF 7747 is about to duck under Highway 169 and continue on south with taconite pellets made at the U.S. Steel Keewatin plant on a nice afternoon.
The crew operating as the Kelly Lake local are almost done for the day as they bring their train to rest in their namesake yard and wait for a van back to Superior, WI.
After loading at U.S. Steel's Keetac taconite plant, BNSF 6545 shoves the train through the small town of Kelly Lake proceeding all the way into and through the yard here where they will reverse e... (more)
The other taconite hauler in NE Minnesota is the BNSF. They are a much tougher target as most of the Casco Sub runs through swamps and there aren't roads close or nearby. Here a train from the U.... (more)