The peak of colored leaves has come and is now gone across NE Minnesota. On this day near the peak, CN 2040 called RTC to depart Minntac only to come down and around the corner in full sun and th... (more)

The first snow of the season falls as an empty pellet ID heads north through Sparta heading to load at U.S. Steel Minntac.

With the purge of the former UP/CNW Dash 8s from the ore pool on CN's roster beginning it was fitting that the GEs would take over where the Dash 8s did when they first arrived ala the T-Bird job.... (more)

The Keenan local job brings in some more boxcars for storage here at Biwabik. Along with the boxcars they also have some tank cars on the tail end of their train which they spot at a local blasti... (more)

After leaving Ranier, MN and a brief stop at CN's Keenan yard, L568 is underway southbound leaving the fog behind as they travel down to CN's Proctor yard. Side note: The DMIR ore cars on the hea... (more)

Heading back to Proctor yard with taconite pellets made at United Taconite.

Well, that was a nice surprise as a matched pair of SD75Is lead a grain train south on the CN Rainy Sub through some peak fall colors.

Probably the last fall season these three Dash 8s will see as the purge of the former ex UP/CNW from CN's roster has begun. Here's a trio of them departing Minntac with taconite pellets bound for... (more)

Northbound container train cutting thru the fog as they head north for the Canadian border crossing at Ranier, MN.

Taconite pellets from Mountain Iron southbound for Convent, Louisiana.

Under threatening skies, CN 2025 cuts between hills of fall color as they roll towards home at Two Harbors, MN.

The Keenan local rounds the bend on the running track with a cut of boxcars the crew will tie down and leave here in storage.

Friday the 13th finds R901 rolling through the fall colors as they head towards Biwabik with boxcars for storage.

Coming around the s curve with taconite loads, NSM 675 and NSM 672 hold back their train as they descend into the Lake Superior basin with the plant and the shore of Lake Superior only a few more ... (more)

Southbound taconite loads hit a sucker hole as they pass through the small location known as Skibo along the CN Iron Range Sub. The train of three Dash 8s and 145 ore cars is only slightly shorter... (more)