CN 2261 leads a southbound intermodal as they approach the Laurentian Divide just north of Virginia, MN.
After dumping limestone for the Minorca mine and then waiting for traffic to clear on the CN Rainy sub, a trio of BLEs finally depart the plant for the trip back to the yard at Proctor just about ... (more)
After departing the Minorca mine, CN 2041 comes down the CN Rainy Sub pulling 145 ore cars of taconite pellets with the mine dumps of the U.S. Steel Minntac looming in the background.
The day after April Fool's Day and CN had this little surprise present itself, DMIR 400 and DMIR 404 leading a pellet train back to Two Harbors from the Minorca taconite plant. The two former Miss... (more)
DMIR 215 rests in Virginia while the lead units work the yard.
CN's L568 comes down the siding at the former DWP yard after meeting their northbound counterpart which is taking the signal on the other end of the yard to continue heading to Ranier, MN. DMIR 40... (more)
After departing the Minorca taconite plant and dropping down the southside of the Laurentian Divide, CN 2010 applies the throttle going across the yard at Virginia with 144 cars loaded up with ste... (more)
Kicking up some fresh snow, fairly clean CP 8025 along with KCS 4064 lead a unit train of empty crude oil cans north on the CN Rainy sub passing through the former DWP yard at Virginia, MN on a co... (more)
IIRC this is the train that brought all the boys to the yard. A trio of BLE tunnels sit in the siding at the former DWP yard at Virginia with their train of limestone loads after a trip to the Mi... (more)
Skirting the city of Virginia, MN while coming down CN's Rainy Sub after delivering limestone to the Minorca Taconite facility three BLE's are heading back to Proctor yard still a few hours away y... (more)
L568's train waits for a crew change at the south end of Virginia siding.
A trio of BLE Tunnelmotors hustle an empty limestone train south on CN's Rainy Sub at Virginia, MN.
All still wearing their orange paint, BLE SD40T-3s 909, 904 and 906 charge south with train U718 passing L568's local at Virginia.
BLE 903 leads ore empties North through virginia.
A few minutes into their trip and a few miles south of Minorca Jct., BLE 906 heads back to Proctor, MN on a typical fall afternoon.
