The northbound empties have just cleared the tail end of the still steaming southbound loads after a rolling meet at Jones on the CN Iron Range sub.

With the sun blanketing the northern Minnesota landscape, BLE 900 continues to lead the charge northbound on the CN Iron Range sub headed for U.S. Steel Minntac with 145 empties after just complet... (more)

The freshly painted BLE #900 is barely outpacing the impending clouds as they slow for a meet at Jones. Check out the rear cars.

Racing back to U.S. Steel's Minntac plant to load more taconite pellets, DMIR 403, still in classic Missabe Road paint, leads freshly repainted BLE 903, IC 6255 and repainted sister DMIR 407 throu... (more)

The days are getting shorter and the leaves are starting to turn color as summer gives way to fall and it seems the power desk at CN are in that fall mood already as a colorful lash-up rolls throu... (more)

A northbound U788 from Two Harbors, MN to U.S. Steel's Minntac plant at Mountain Iron rolls along the CN Iron Range Sub near Gilbert on a nice mid-summer afternoon.

The end of an era. Another chapter in the storied book on Minnesota's Iron Range has come to an end with the removal of the last two F9A units from the former Erie Mining property. Here they tra... (more)

The end of an era. Another chapter in the storied book on Minnesota's Iron Range has come to an end with the removal of the last two F9A units from the former Erie Mining property. Here they tra... (more)

The bell tolls... the last remaining F units are off property of the former Erie Mining Company. This is the only time to my knowledge these engines had been off property since 1956. It truly is t... (more)

It is possible to see a train on the CN Iron Range Sub traveling back and forth from Two Harbors that doesn't have ore cars involved. The Miscellaneous Road Freight is one of them. Heading back ... (more)

While the heavy snow is falling southbound DMIR 407 is passing it's northbound empty counterpart near Gilbert, MN and is throttling back up to track speed continuing it's trek to Two Harbors after... (more)

Taking the siding at Jones to meet a loaded counterpart headed their way, IC 6250 is in charge of a string of empties that will be loaded at the U.S. Steel, Minntac taconite plant upon arrival. ... (more)

Illinois Central 6264 leads it's train back from Two Harbors under perfect fall conditions on Minnesota's Iron Range. The train will load taconite pellets at U.S. Steel Minntac before returning t... (more)

There are little pieces of history out there if a person takes the time to look around (and down). An old Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad date nail from 1930 lay almost obscured by fallen ... (more)