The birds fly again! After a more than year long hiatus, trains are once again loading raw ore at the Thunderbird Mine and bringing it to the United Taconite plant. CN #2131 is pretty clean and lo... (more)
A derailment receives attention as crews work to re-rail hoppers and repair the track.
DM&IR ore car 40822 was one of 500 in class U-23 delivered during 1948 from Pullman Standard, five years before the Missabe purchased its first diesels. Still in service for CN, the car still reta... (more)
An eastbound oil train passes through Peel with an awesome lashup consisting of CN 2131, BNSF 609, & BNSF 5870.
A pair of Dash 8's drag a load of raw ore thru the aptly named town of Iron. The material is to its way for processing into pellets.
CN 2131 Leads the Northbound Minntac Ore Empties (U-713) through Forbes during the golden hour, on a very buggy northern MN summer evening.
Ecelectic consist rolls south with empty cars used for limestone service.
2131 leads an empty limestone train through Munger and under the Peg as it heads for Hallett Dock.
2131 leads an empty limestone train into Proctor as a road train from Pokegama creeps into the yard and in the distance a small MRF heads for the Range.
A empty limestone train runs through the siding and around a welded rail train that is holding the main on a frosty October morning.
As the first light breaks a limestone train runs around a rail train towards Proctor.
With an unusual wide cab companion, the #2131 brings another load of rock to United Taconite.
Soon to be one of the youngest engineers in the notoriously high seniority based Missabe Road, Mr. Aldrich has empties for Minntac rolling at track speed through Munger at the ripe age of 20. The ... (more)
