DMIR 400 north fights barely visible signals and snow packed switches as they continue the trek from Two Harbors to U.S. Steel, Minntac to load taconite pellets during the first snow of the season... (more)

The wind is whipping and the snow if flying across northern Minnesota as four tunnel motors and 145 ore cars roll north from Two Harbors back to U.S. Steel Minntac for loading.

Heading back from Two Harbors, CN 6024 north takes the running track at Jones to meet DMIR 403 south.

A little bit of everything and all EMD at the same time. Illinois Central, Bessemer and Lake Erie, Illinois Central in death star black and Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range all represented on this... (more)

CN 5318 rolls north passing the old searchlight signal at m.p. 68.5 along the CN Iron Range Sub as they head for U.S. Steel's Minntac plant to load the 145 ore cars with fresh made taconite pellet... (more)

A quartet of EMD's led by IC 6253 throttle up and blow past a stranded BFT rock train which was being led by CN 2138. The nb CN 2138 had a fuel line come off and spray fuel causing a situation re... (more)

DMIR 403 leads 604 total axels northbound at track speed thru Jones as the trip up from the ore dock at Two Harbors continues to U.S. Steel's Minntac plant for more taconite pellets.

BLE 900 leads it's train back north from Two Harbors to U.S. Steel Minntac to reload with taconite pellets.

The snow is tapering off as IC 6255 storms north to load at the west pocket and weigh at the east pocket of U.S. Steel Minntac before returning to Two Harbors under the cold weather operations rul... (more)

A signal protecting the CN Iron Range Sub at the Ramshaw diamond indicates a northbound train is coming back from Two Harbors and it's clear to cross the CN Rainy Sub.

Racing back to U.S. Steel's Minntac plant to load more taconite pellets, DMIR 403, still in classic Missabe Road paint, leads freshly repainted BLE 903, IC 6255 and repainted sister DMIR 407 throu... (more)

After meeting an empty pellet train, DMIR 403 once again throttles up and begins to move crossing over from main one to main two on the CN Missabe Sub. before taking the left turn onto the CN Iron... (more)

The days are getting shorter and the leaves are starting to turn color as summer gives way to fall and it seems the power desk at CN are in that fall mood already as a colorful lash-up rolls throu... (more)

A northbound U788 from Two Harbors, MN to U.S. Steel's Minntac plant at Mountain Iron rolls along the CN Iron Range Sub near Gilbert on a nice mid-summer afternoon.

IC 6250 storms north through the snow heading for U.S. Steel, Minntac to load taconite pellets.