CN 2948 comes around the bend from U.S. Steel Minntac with the first seasonal loads of BFT (blast furnace trim - crushed raw taconite) for CN-Hallett Dock 5 in Duluth. The train brought up car lo... (more)
Perhaps the first Minntac BFT train to run this season but unlike previous years, BFT is now being routed through CN-Hallett Dock 5 instead of Dock 1 in Two Harbors. This train brought limestone l... (more)
After delivery limestone to US Steel Minntac, CN 2948 heads back down the CN Missabe Sub for Proctor, MN.
With 205 loaded potash cars and a train weighing close to 30,000 tons, CN B730 has just left Turcot West after changing crews. Power is 4 AC units with CN 2948 & CN 3065 and CN 2876 & CN 2887 mid-... (more)
A heavy train. With 205 loaded potash cars and a train weighing close to 30,000 tons, CN B730 has just left Turcot West after changing crews. Power is 4 AC units with CN 2948 & CN 3065 and ... (more)
An intermodal train climbs Byron Hill under the lead power of two relatively clean Canadian National GE's.