A pair of former Oakway SD60s lead L506 over the 2,682 foot long Arcola High Bridge. Movements over this bridge in favorable light take place just a few times per year at most.

A pair of North Shore Mining SD70ACe's bringing the morning loads of raw iron ore towards Silver Bay to be processed into taconite pellets.

A trio of C40-8's lead empty Canadian National ore train U792 from Two Harbors as it approaches Iron Junction, Minnesota. This train will take the north leg of the wye to get on to the Missabe ... (more)

Minnesota Commercial's Alcos and MLWs are joined together in the yard as a string of dead line locomotives. Though I never was able to get a photo of MNNR 35 in action, it is a consolation to at ... (more)

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)

Northbound empties getting the roll-by from the southbound loads as they pass through Biwabik, MN.

Due to a washout on the North Shore Scenic Railroad's Lakefront line, this train minus the CN 2033, was trapped at the depot in Two Harbors. Today, CN rescued it and is bringing it "around th... (more)

Due to washout on the North Shore Scenic Railroad's Lakefront line, this train minus the CN 2033, was trapped at the depot in Two Harbors. Today, CN rescued it and is bringing it back home to Dulu... (more)

A trio of GE's lead a Union Pacific manifest freight as it begins its journey out of Saint Paul, Minnesota and crosses over the swampy area surrounding the Mississippi River. After holding on the ... (more)

A pair of CN Dash 8's lead empty raw ore shuttle U730 as it heads north approaching Iron Junction, Minnesota where it will head to the Thunderbird Mine for another load. The train has just passed ... (more)

After taking the siding to meet a northbound stack train, DMIR 404 is back underway towards Proctor yard. CN had a massive tie replacement project along the Missabe sub and the old ties are piled ... (more)

Blazing a trail up the CN Minntac Sub to clear the line using WC 300 and three IC SD40-3s.

Fresh out of the Minorca mine for a nice afternoon run for these Minorca made taconite pellets bound for Two Harbors, MN.

A couple of days before a snowstorm would hit the skies are sunny and bright as this train heads for Proctor with taconite pellets from United Taconite.