Duluth Missabe and Iron Range SD9 142 leads a T-Bird Crude Ore train at Forbes MN June 1981. Unknown Photographer Photo.
Cropped copy of 1424-24
Cropped copy of 1424-26
Not 100% certain but I think this is loads departing Fairlane plant southbound.
Westbound empties roll south of Forbes.
Westbound empties at Forbes.
An eastbound loaded raw ore train pulls around a curve.
Derelict depot still standing at Forbes.
In fleeting light a CN local heads south.
These Two SD38s lead a loaded crude ore train around the bend at Forbes Junction. The train will enter United Tac and drop the loads off to be processed.
Two SD38s sit at United Tac waiting for permission to leave. It is -35 degrees at the time of this photo.
Loaded T-bird heading for United Taconite.
After loading at United Taconite, this BNSF train heads for the yard in Keenan.
Two SD40-3's heading to United Taconite to pick emtpies to used on a T-bird.
Minntac loads meet an empty T-bird.
DM&IR 210 leads an empty T-Bird out of UniTac in Fairlane, MN. A few months after this picture was taken, the unit was retired.
The only DM&IR SD38-2 to see a new paint job, 212, leads a loaded T-Bird into the plant at Forbes, MN
In the far distance of the shot, DM&IR Tunnel Motors 409 and 403 lead a southbound load of ore toward Forbes, with steaming ore
As a southbound load of ore cruises through, much of the ore is still steaming.
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