The heat from the fresh made iron ore pellets rises above the train as the cars crest the yard and the engines begin to ramp up speed and horsepower while they are almost ready to depart for point... (more)

An eastbound train crosses Crow Creek on its way through the Minnesota River valley between North Redwood and Morton, MN. The concrete and steel structure replaced a wooden trestle back in summer ... (more)

After coming up from Two Harbors with some interchange cars and dropping them off at Keenan yard, DMIR 409 and 406 have picked up three Dash 8s for the return trip back home. The Dash 8s will rej... (more)

At the very last light of day, CN 2028 pulling 145 of CN's newest ore cars, rounds the bend through Biwabik as they head north to load iron ore at the Minorca mine.

Breaking the silence as they travel through the small community of Cook, MN, KCS 4185 leads CN train A439 from Proctor, MN up to Symington Yard-Winnipeg, MB on a nice afternoon.

A trio of Canadian National Dash 8's lead loaded taconite train U789 as climbs the light grade through the South Fairbanks control point on the Iron Range Subdivision in Fairbanks, Minnesota. With... (more)

Descending from Minntac with 145 iron ore loads in tow while snow falls across the landscape.

Southbound at Fairbanks, MN with iron ore and 32 more miles to go heading down for Two Harbors, MN.

Back in late October 2023 these two C40-8s were part of a deadline at Proctor along with other dash 8s that were being moved off site. Late February 2024 found them back at Proctor and being readi... (more)

A few minutes and a few miles into the trip back to Two Harbors with iron ore from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.

An unusual winter that saw very little snow fall across NE Minnesota, today was an exception rather than the norm with heavy snow falling as CN 2016 takes the siding at Biwabik for a meet.

Limestone loads headed for Fairlane move north by the old Saginaw depot along CN's Missabe Sub in the late evening. A look at photos previous to my visit showed that there was no Saginaw sign on t... (more)

A sextet of geeps lead the TC&W's St. Paul turn back to Hopkins after interchanging with the UP in South St. Paul. This job typically rates 3-4 locomotives, but they brought over 100 cars down to ... (more)

With a trio of former IC SD40-3's, two now repainted, Canadian National's R901 crew makes a light power move from Proctor to Minntac where they will pick up a train of BFT loads. The train is seen... (more)

IC 6252 leads Ore loads around the corner at Munger MN. The bridge in the background is CN’s former DW&P Rainy Subdivision crossing the DM&IR Missabe Subdivision.