After loading pellets at Minntac, the crew was told to spike their train down here at Biwabik and wait for the van as a major weekday track project near Two Harbors on the Iron Range Sub prevents ... (more)

A trio of Dash 8's navigate the S curve leading into N. Biwabik on a nice spring morning.

A trio of former CNW standard cabs lead 145 cars of taconite pellets south in the early morning hours on a late spring day.

A trio of CN C40-8s lead ore loads out of Minntac, approaching Wolf Junction.

A train. In the snow.

On a cold afternoon, three C40-8’s lead a southbound through Wolf on the Missabe Subdivision as they head alongside County Highway 101.

Coming into Virginia, MN the heavy snow falling almost obscures the steaming taconite pellets from the Minorca mine as they begin the trip south for an end trip destination at Two Harbors, MN.

Storm clouds are a brewing on the horizon as CN 2025 runs towards the sun and Two Harbors, MN with taconite pellets.

Loads and empties meet at Biwabik with an exchange of pleasantries between crews.

Hot, humid and hazy as CN 2025 rolls along pulling steaming pellets from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant. The Canadian wildfire smoke has been thick the last several weeks across northern Minnesota, ... (more)

It's a gloomy late fall day across northern Minnesota as this empty from Two Harbors, MN heads north up the CN Iron Range sub for a date with the west loadout pocket at U.S. Steel Minntac before r... (more)

After building their train in the yard at Keenan, CN 2025 starts the trip to Rainier, MN with heavy snow falling.

After passing through Allen Jct. CN 2025 rounds the bend and crosses the control point Nugget along the CN Iron Range sub. as they continue north. The rail on the left is/was used as the former D... (more)

Over the river and through the wood to the Minorca mine they go; the big Dash 8's know the way pulling the ore cars through the white and falling snow.

CN 2025 leads 145 DMIR ore jennies up main two heading for the Minorca mine to load while BNSF 4002 leads 130 BNSF ore cars up main one for the Minntac mine to load. The BNSF train will hold at th... (more)