CN 5349 leads a short train north on the CN Rainy Sub at Cook, MN as they head for Ranier, MN to do some work before returning back to Proctor, MN. Nice to see some old veterans on the mainline h... (more)

CN 3008, the Illinois Central heritage scheme, is northbound on the CN Rainy Sub at Virginia, MN as the DP unit on this Q train headed for Ranier and the crossing over the Canadian border and poin... (more)

CN's BC Rail heritage locomotive leads a stack train north along the CN Rainy Sub at m.p. 100 heading for Canada. Shown passing Homestead Mills grain mill located trackside in the small northern... (more)

After a work block ended, CN 3008, the Illinois Central heritage scheme, is underway southbound on the CN Rainy Sub at Virginia, MN with what looks like a fall colors train of mostly maroon and ... (more)

A trio of dash 8's and 145 ore cars of taconite pellets begin the trip down the CN Iron Range sub for Two Harbors, MN. coming off the CN Missabe sub at Iron Jct. west wye.

The Proctor, MN to Ranier, MN job races north along the CN Missabe sub along Highway 7 with two SD60's. They will soon be stopping on the main shoving some of the head end cars plus the two ore p... (more)

Some early morning fog still hanging around as 15,500 tons of steaming taconite pellets descend the hill from the U.S. Steel taconite plant on this cool forty degree Labor Day.

A nice quiet summer evening finds northbound CN 2031 throttling up at N. Biwabik after sitting and on the siding waiting for southbound loads to pass. After the dust, diesel exhaust, wheels squea... (more)

CN 2939 steps off the Missabe Sub and briefly onto a section of track which is former DM&IR, complete with Missabe era date nails still in the ties. These two foreground tracks are used by a rock... (more)

CN 2004 chugs along and pellets steam as they are passing through the valley between two old tree covered mine dumps near m.p. 65 along the CN Iron Range sub. traveling towards Two Harbors, MN.

CN 2028 rounds the curve at Biwabik on the way north. Using your best horse racing call/voice makes it more interesting.

After howling up the grade out of Virginia, MN , IC 6254 steps off the CN Rainy sub and onto the line to the Minorca mine to deliver the daily train of limestone.

After a setout and pickup at CN's Keenan yard, the L568 (Ranier, MN to Proctor, MN) job gets underway for the trip to Cn's Proctor yard. CN 5426, CN 5416, CN 5489, CN 5414, CN 2004 and BLE 900.

If a pair of SD60's look good then two pairs look even better as CN's L568 job from Ranier, MN down to Proctor, MN make their way along CN's Missabe sub for a stop at Keenan yard for a setout and ... (more)

Winding through the S curve on the climb up and over the Laurention Divide, CN's L567 Proctor, MN to Ranier, MN job looks and sounds good with two SD60's on the point.