A limestone train makes its way north on the CN Missabe sub.

CN 2004 rounds the bend through the yard at Biwabik and is about to take the N. Biwabik signal as the EOT device follows along on the tail end of U790 as the northern lights do their thing in the ... (more)

The northern lights made a brief appearance over the CN Keenan Sub and the one signal that guards the approach into the north end Keenan yard.

Empties head back west at about the halfway point in their journey between the plant and the mine.

Early morning fog with a trio of Dash 8's and ore cars coming up the CN Iron Range sub.

Shiny new AC44C6M's are taking over the former Missabe as power for ore moves. Here is the first set, assigned as T-Bird power, coming thru the pre-dawn fog out of the yard after dumping 95 cars ... (more)

Twenty minutes after sunrise with Canadian wildfire smoke filling the air and a little fog holding on, CN 2010 makes its way north on the CN Iron Range sub.

Typical Minnesota fall weather and scenery. Dreary, an ore train and colored leaves.

The show must go on as two iron ore trains meet at Biwabik while the aurora borealis light up the night sky.

Leaving Superior, Wisconsin with a set out planned for the mill at Cloquet, the Grand Rapids local now arrives at Grand Rapids for a set out and pick-up at the Blandin mill in this town before hea... (more)

A frosty morning as iron ore moves towards Two Harbors.

A pair of GP38-2s amble their way past the former GN depot in Bob Dylan's hometown of Hibbing, MN as they head for their yard west of town at Kelly Lake.

One of those nights a person just doesn't forget. Standing trackside at 0100 on a peaceful night watching the sky come alive.

Kicking off National Train Day 2024 at 0100, southbound iron ore loads wait for a northbound empty as they cross paths at Biwabik under some impressive aurora borealis taking place in the sky abov... (more)

DMIR 332 works on switching some cars around along Railroad Street near the waterfront at Duluth, MN.