U789 is seen heading for Two Harbors with a loaded pellet train from Minntac. The train is crossing over the former DW&P, now the CN Rainey Sub at Ramshaw.

U789 is seen heading for Two Harbors with a loaded pellet train from Minntac. The train is crossing over the former DW&P, now the CN Rainey Sub at Ramshaw.

Waited about six months to finally have leaves back on the trees and then during the peak of spring color the smoke from Canadian wildfires arrives and obscures the sun. Here's an early morning so... (more)

Steaming away on a winter's day. Fresh made taconite pellets come around the corner and down the hill from the Minntac plant who's steam plume can be seen above the trees located in Mountain Iron... (more)

Coming off the CN Iron Range sub and heading south at Iron Jct. with still steaming taconite pellets. A mechanical problem at Two Harbors caused the reroute of this train down to Proctor instead. ... (more)

Taconite pellets move south for Two Harbors passing through the different colors of the changing seasons.

A black and white landscape with some CN red passing through hauling steaming pellets down from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant bound for Two Harbors.

It's Christmas Eve and throughout the land not a creature was stirring except for the crew on this U789 hauling Minntac made taconite pellets bound for Two Harbors. It was -10 degrees with a nw w... (more)

Loads south meeting empties north on the curve at Biwabik with a fall color backdrop.

A trio of Dash 8's with one hundred forty-five loads of marbles destined for Two Harbors roll through peak fall color.

Three Dash 8's round the bend to begin the trip back to Two Harbors reaching their destination in another seventy-four miles.

Curving out of Iron Junction with the crossing gates already down, CN 2000 is about to block traffic as they cross Highway 7 continuing the trip across the Iron Range Sub bound for Two Harbors, MN... (more)

Not much to see on this foggy morning as CN 2007, CN 2013 and IC 6254 roll 145 cars of taconite pellets along towards Two Harbors.

Casting long shadows across the yard as they travel south bound for Two Harbors, MN with taconite pellets.

A cold crisp and refreshing....photo depicting a train descending down from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant loaded with fresh taconite pellets that are still steaming away.