As the trees begin to leaf out, DMIR 408 leads limestone loads north on the Missabe Sub at N. Coons on a nice spring evening. Always nice to see these veteran locomotives in action vs. the always ... (more)

When near Proctor, MN the obligatory stop on the north end of the yard is a must do. DMIR 212 and IC 6264 handle evening switching chores for manifest freight at the west end of Proctor Yard. Pai... (more)

Testing by CN of these two NS GE AC44C6M's and having them pull ore cars between Two Harbors, MN and U.S. Steel Minntac in Mtn. Iron. Here are the duo just feet onto the CN Minntac Sub at Wolf com... (more)

Testing on the former DMIR by CN of these two NS GE AC44C6M's pulling ore cars on the CN Iron Range Sub between Two Harbors, MN and U.S. Steel Minntac.

Mere moments before NS 4242 rounded the curve it was raining at this location as they were running south down the CN Missabe Sub, moving 138 ore cars as the first test of NS's DC-to-AC GEs on CN'... (more)

On a cold February afternoon B&LE hoppers loaded with taconite pellets with CN and KSC power run down the CN Missabe sub eventually bound for New Orleans for loading in a boat to take to a Europea... (more)

A T-Bird taconite shuttle makes it's way south on the CN Missabe Sub at Wolf, MN with loads for the United taconite plant at Forbes, MN.

Gliding past the former DM&IR engine house (still used by CN MOW) and the small simplified depot (used by the local VFW) and the veteran DM&IR ore cars ( still used for BFT service in the warmer m... (more)

Heading up from Proctor, MN to load 138 cars at United Taconite and make the return trip.

A monster 626 axel mixed freight cuts through the snow as they travel south from Canada down the CN Rainy sub.

It's a nice spring day and the taconite pellets are moving down the CN Iron Range sub from Minntac towards Two Harbors passing Allen Jct. along the way.

Running south down the CN Missabe Sub, NS 4242 and NS 4417 are moving 138 ore cars as the first test of NS's DC-to-AC GEs on CN's ore lines has begun. Might be a first with NS power and older Mis... (more)

Seconds after northbound traffic cleared on the CN Missabe Sub and the signal turned green, NS 4242 hit the lights and throttled up to begin moving 138 ore cars and with it the first test of NS's ... (more)

On a snowy afternoon across northern Minnesota, CN 2111 leads the way south with rock from the mine heading to the plant keeping the money moving for Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. CN has recently pulled ... (more)

With less than ideal conditions to perform the work in, the Keenan Switch job now heads back to their namesake yard after switching the commercial yard at the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.