A few minutes and a few miles into the trip back to Two Harbors with iron ore from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.

An unusual winter that saw very little snow fall across NE Minnesota, today was an exception rather than the norm with heavy snow falling as CN 2016 takes the siding at Biwabik for a meet.

Limestone loads headed for Fairlane move north by the old Saginaw depot along CN's Missabe Sub in the late evening. A look at photos previous to my visit showed that there was no Saginaw sign on t... (more)

A sextet of geeps lead the TC&W's St. Paul turn back to Hopkins after interchanging with the UP in South St. Paul. This job typically rates 3-4 locomotives, but they brought over 100 cars down to ... (more)

With a trio of former IC SD40-3's, two now repainted, Canadian National's R901 crew makes a light power move from Proctor to Minntac where they will pick up a train of BFT loads. The train is seen... (more)

IC 6252 leads Ore loads around the corner at Munger MN. The bridge in the background is CN’s former DW&P Rainy Subdivision crossing the DM&IR Missabe Subdivision.

LTB85 returns to South St. Paul from Roseport with a quartet of SD40Ns for power. They are seen here north of Waterous while setting out the rear of their train in the Armour siding.

IC 6255 takes brand new ore cars under the former DWP at Munger, Minnesota, catching the last rays of light from a beautiful day.

A snow squall ensues as train 313 heads west into South Haven, where they will go into the siding to meet an eastbound.

An AC44 pushes the rear of the train into sunset.

Train 242 heads east through South Haven, while 313 departs west with CP 8634 pushing on the rear.

A southern belle AC44 leads train 313 through Kimball in the last rays of sunlight.

The Empire Builder pauses for the conductor to engage the electric switch at the west end of the Minnesota Commercial yard area at St. Anthony Junction in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Recent snow and w... (more)

The Belt Job, under the control of MNNR 76, heads into the yard in Saint Paul on the opposite end of its duties. This new acquisition for the Minnesota Commercial has number 76, whereas it retaine... (more)

The hills of the Buffalo Ridge surround a southbound BNSF manifest between Ruthton and Holland, MN as one of the area's numerous wind turbines stands in the distance.