Empties at Two Harbors do not leave the way they came in. I believe that's due to the headroom issue at Two Harbors, loads are dumped and then shoved towards an outbound yard. Empties then depart ... (more)

Restarting on a .42% grade here at Allen Jct, puts these old girls to the test. They show their age as they slowly get 13,000 tons of iron ore moving again after meeting an empty here. This loaded... (more)

This loaded ore train is about 3 miles to the end of their journey. The train came out of Minntac Mine near Mount Iron and is bound for Two Harbors and a boat. The engineer is dragging the brakes ... (more)

CN ES44AC 3827 pulls Vancouver Thornton, BC to Brampton Intermodal, ON into Osawin

CN 3303, a rebuilt AC44C6M, leads an intermodal train over the St. Croix River near Gordon, Wisconsin on the CN Superior Subdivision mainline heading southeast toward Ladysmith and beyond.

CN 500 is shoving cars for the Port of Montreal out of Pointe St-Charles Yard. The caboose at right had just been used for a shove move with grain empties. In the foreground are stored Comet cars.

An ES44DC leads CN 324 past MP 3 of the Montreal Sub, bound for Vermont.

With Mount Royal in the background, CN 120's head end is crossing the Lachine Canal.

ICE OUT! The remaining ice on rivers, swamps, streams, and lakes melts away. Meanwhile Thornton, BC to Brampton Intermodal, ON train Q124 departs Hillsport.

Calgary Logistics Park, AB to Montreal Taschereau, PQ intermodal train Z100 pulls out of the siding to double the train back up after meeting the morning speeds.

"Your doubling away for the pair at Hillsport train 100." Located at mile 42 of CN's Caramat Subdivision in Northwestern Ontario, Canada is the small community of Hillsport. CN operates ... (more)

After coming up from Two Harbors with some interchange cars and dropping them off at Keenan yard, DMIR 409 and 406 have picked up three Dash 8s for the return trip back home. The Dash 8s will rej... (more)

An eastbound Canadian National coal empty rolls through Robertson’s Curve leaving Swan Landing, Alberta, on the afternoon of July 13, 2013.

At the very last light of day, CN 2028 pulling 145 of CN's newest ore cars, rounds the bend through Biwabik as they head north to load iron ore at the Minorca mine.

A pair of former CREX ES44AC's, now officially owned by CN, lead a northbound train of tankers over the Des Plaines River in Plainfield.