After heading out earlier in the day, IC 3110 and 3123 head back to Keenan Yard after switching loads for these empties at a local explosives plant.

An afternoon on duty time out of Two Harbors has the crew passing thru Jones in the early evening as they make their way up to the U.S. Steel plant to load taconite pellets and a nocturnal return ... (more)

CN 2016 leads a ID South through Jones.

A trio of Dash 8s round the bend heading north with 145 empties for the U.S. Steel Minntac plant west loadout pocket before heading back south for home at Two Harbors.

Ripping along the CN Iron Range sub at track speed about to split the signals at Jones as they head back to Two Harbors.

The seemingly new normal of wildfire smoke. A little early morning fog, some wildfire smoke from Canada and steam coming off the fresh made pellets as they travel south for Two Harbors.

The snow is falling as an empty for the Minorca mine glides along.

Waited about six months to finally have leaves back on the trees and then during the peak of spring color the smoke from Canadian wildfires arrives and obscures the sun. Here's an early morning so... (more)

Snow falling and the wind howling as a trio of dash 8s come crawling along the CN Iron Range Sub with 145 ore cars for loading.

On the marijuana holiday, a quad set of dash 8s with 145 ore cars of Minorca made marbles in tow cut through the latest snow event as they head back for Two Harbors, MN.

Coming up from Two Harbors with one meet under their belts way back at Brimson, MN the crew were told to slow down because they were going to wait here at Gilbert for about 45 minutes until an all... (more)

The red nose of CN amongst the yellows and oranges of fall foliage.

Taconite pellets move south for Two Harbors passing through the different colors of the changing seasons.

Class CN C40-8 #2000 leads U788's train northbound on the Iron Range Sub.

The R901 job out of Keenan usually has about 5 or 6 cars when they come back and usually come back much earlier in the day but today they have 181 cars total and 7500 feet behind them with 174 san... (more)