DMIR 404 leads a T-Bird train down the CN Missabe sub past the old DM&IR era building at Iron Jct. on a ridiculous cold winter's day. This building is a point just north of Keenan yard that used ... (more)
A lite snow falls as DMIR 400 rattles the old Missabe era steel bridge on main 2 crossing over the mostly frozen St. Louis river as they head to Fairlane with taconite bearing rock from the mine.
A veteran workhorse who's been used hauling mostly mining related materials whether it be pellets or rock up and down the Missabe sub for decades continues to ply the rails.
Rounding the bend and coming up on the outside it's CN 2119 passing CN 2180 near M.P. 65.3 on the CN Missabe sub under less than ideal weather conditions. CN 2119 was light power heading to their... (more)