CN 450 is back up to track speed since leaving Huntsville Yard after picking up 7 more cars to add to the 114 they left North Bay with. Note the steeply inclined track diverging to the left. That ... (more)
CN 450 has departed Huntsville Yard after dropping in to lift 7 more cars for transport south to MacMillan Yard in Vaughan.
CN 450 left North Bay with 114 cars this morning and here it is seen lifting 7 more from the south end of Huntsville Yard before continuing south to MacMillan (AKA Mac) Yard in Vaughan (essentiall... (more)
ES44AC 3847 and ET44AC 3140 head east through North Cooking Lake.
ET44AC 3176 and US/Canada Veterans Tribute Unit 3233 head east on the Wainwright Sub.
CN C309 Works Westbound At Hicks Over The Anderson River.
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.
Heading back from Two Harbors, the MRF (miscellaneous road freight) has three lease returns from Northshore Mining in tow as well as a few cars of general freight. The lease units are probably cu... (more)
CN 2039 roars north with ore empties as a ground level railfan has just captured the action.
Steaming away in the fall air as taconite pellets head for Proctor yard.
Potash trains meet as empty potash train CN B731 passes parked and loaded potash train CN B730 near Ballantyne. Recently rebuilt CN 3336 is leading.
CN 369 has a single unit for head end power (and another mid-train) as it heads west on the Kingston Sub.
The sun isn't up yet as the crew on board BLE 900 heads for home at proctor yard with steaming taconite in tow on this cold morning.
A little snow falling as this empty ID from Two Harbors heads for U.S. Steel Minntac to load the trailing ore cars.
The last sliver of light hits the nose of BLE 906 as they cross the intersection of Highways 101 and 7 heading back home to Proctor yard.