An early morning with wildfire smoke already visible in the air finds CN 2039 heading up the Minntac sub near m.p. 5 with empties that they'll start loading in about a half hour.
Coming up from Two Harbors and across the CN Iron Range Sub it's now down the Missabe Sub for Proctor then down the hill to Duluth and back to the North Shore Scenic Railroad depot for this passen... (more)