Breaking trail and taking the siding at Biwabik for a meet with taconite loads already waiting on the main.

Blowing off some steam and kicking up snow as they run track speed for Two Harbors, MN with these fresh made iron ore pellets from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant east loadout pocket.

Ripping around the curve to make the climb onto and into the U.S. Steel Minntac property to load iron ore pellets.

A small sliver of blue sky is evident on an otherwise cloudy and cold morning as U791, with its 1x1 configuration, thunders along the CN Iron Range Sub heading for Two Harbors, MN.

A short 1 car train heads to United Taconite to dump this car after it was set out and repairs were made to it. Once dumped, it will return to Keenan yard before being returned to the rest of the ... (more)

Snow falls as an empty mine shuttle train makes its way north on the CN Missabe Sub heading back to the mine to reload.

Rolling in a winter wonderland.

Southbound crossing over the frozen Whiteface River at Kelsey with taconite loads for Proctor yard.

A winter landscape as a train passes over the frozen river.

A frosty morning as warm taconite pellets heads south on the CN Missabe Sub for Proctor yard.

Coming off the CN Rainy Sub at T-Bird North and entering the loop to load at United Taconite's coarse crusher.

Heading up the Missabe Sub for the Minntac Sub to load iron ore pellets at the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.

Three IC EMD SD40-3s sound nice as they throttle up after having to stop and wait for some traffic up ahead that has now cleared.

With CN almost exclusively running AC44C6Ms in the ore pool out of both Proctor and Two Harbors, it was nice to hear and see these veteran mighty marble movers called into service to run from Proc... (more)

CN 3308 climbs the grade into the Minntac mine property with about 4 more miles and a half hour to go before they are positioned under the west loadout pocket to begin loading iron ore pellets.