Coming off the CN Iron Range sub and turning north at Iron Jct. for the rest of the trip up to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant to load iron ore.

Steam is still coming off of a loaded train as it accelerates toward the highway crossing at Rollins, making a run at the last long upgrade section of track between here and Highland. Like many ra... (more)

A loaded taconite train is on the final descent into Two Harbors as it passes the signal at MP 3.5 on a clear June morning.

Creating a little shadow of their own as they go between the long shadows of a late evening.

Coming up from Two Harbors, CN 2039 runs through the Nugget control point on the CN Iron Range Sub as they travel to the Minntac mine to load iron ore pellets.

CN 2039, about to take the signal at S. Biwabik, hauls iron ore pellets into the darkness on the trip back to Two Harbors while snow falls and swirls about.

An early morning with wildfire smoke already visible in the air finds CN 2039 heading up the Minntac sub near m.p. 5 with empties that they'll start loading in about a half hour.

Blue hour arrival at Biwabik to wait for a northbound before heading off into the darkness towards Two Harbors and home.

As darkness and snow continues to fall upon the landscape, the crew is back onboard after giving the roll-by to a northbound empty and CN 2039 is back underway for Two Harbors with 145 carloads of... (more)

A trio of dash 8s and 145 cars following along make the run from Two Harbors and are about a half hour away from their destination of loading pellets at the Cliffs owned Minorca mine just north of... (more)

Limestone empties from UTAC at Forbes (Fairlane) are about to duck into the siding at Kelsey as a storm brews to the north.

After bringing up limestone from Proctor to the Minntac plant, CN 2039 backhauls a 50-car train of crushed taconite rock (blast furnace trim) as they head back to Proctor.

Just as the sun breaks over the eastern horizon, CN 2039 rumbles north with limestone loads for the Minorca plant.

The southbound MRF rolls through Saginaw, bound for Proctor. A CN standard cab Dash 8, a CN SD60, a DMIR/CN tunnel motor and a CN GEVO provide the power for the short train.

A cold clear morning and pellets are moving down to Two Harbors behind a trio of dash 8's with 145 cars loaded.