A trio of EMD tunnel motors ( DMIR 408, BLE 903, DMIR 400) round the curve at Iron Jct. and split the signals heading south on the Missabe Sub with taconite rock from the mine for the plant.

The wind is blowing, the temperature is falling and the snow is deep as evident by CN 2028 pushing its way along the CN Iron Range Sub as they run north from Two Harbors for a date with the west l... (more)

An empty T-Bird makes its way back north to the mine to reload after leaving the plant and meeting it's loaded counterpart along the CN Missabe Sub.

A loaded pellet train from U.S. Steel Minntac heads towards Two Harbors on the CN Iron Range Sub on Thanksgiving morning.

About to knock down a lone remaining searchlight signal, the Keenan switch job comes back down the Keenan Sub with 6 empties after switching out the Viking Explosives Co. on Thanksgiving morning.

Shooting a Bird on Thanksgiving. A T-Bird runs south with 14,500 tons of taconite rock for the plant on Thanksgiving morning.

Gliding along the CN Missabe Sub on a nice fall afternoon three veteran EMD's pull veteran Missabe/DMIR era ore cars southbound.

Budd-built track evaluation RDC 1501 sprints along the CN Missabe Sub while inspecting tracks. Apparently it's all thumbs up.

An empty limestone train heads back to Proctor after delivering to Minorca on a dull · drab · uninteresting · flat · dry · banal · bland · insipid · colorless · lifeless · sterile · tedious · wear... (more)

Ore vs. Oil at Ramshaw. With 145 cars of taconite pellets going by at 20 mph there are about 70 chances to try and get the southbound train waiting on the CN Rainy Sub framed in between two ore ca... (more)

Ore vs. Oil at Ramshaw. Oil empties, U734, wait in the clear as taconite loads, U793, cross over the ex-DWP Rainy Sub while on the ex-DMIR Iron Range Sub.

A four pack of GE's (CN 2013, 2033,2024, 2010) throttle up after coming off the CN Missabe Sub at Iron Jct. and heading to Two Harbors on the CN Iron Range Sub with taconite pellets from ArcelorMi... (more)

CN 2111 and CN 2112 run their train back up the Missabe sub from the United Taconite plant back to mine to load more taconite bearing rock. Their loads counterpart has the signals south and they ... (more)

IC 6251, the white strip, leads loads of taconite pellets south down the CN Missabe from U.S. Steel Minntac at dusk to the yard at Proctor where they will arrive in darkness.

A trio of GE's move marbles from U.S. Steel across the Iron Range sub with a destination at Two Harbors, MN.