Running up main 2 on the CN Missabe returning to the mine for reloading.

Always more interesting switching cars in heavy fog so the Keenan car man helps out.

Heading off the CN Missabe sub and onto the Iron Range sub at Iron Jct. west wye bound for Two Harbors, MN.

A quad set of all EMD with IC (2), DMIR and CN representing. Empty limestone train heads back towards Proctor, MN after delivering 58 loads to U.S. Steel's Minntac plant at Mountain Iron, MN.

The thick morning fog has mostly dissipated now leaving a gloomy landscape making CN's red nose stick out amongst the greens, grays and yellows.

Heading back to CN's Keenan yard after switching a blasting company located along CN's Iron Range sub, GTW 5847 still looks pretty good, sans that number board, after all these years of service.

CN 5483 rolls south and will be coming to a stop shortly at the Keenan Road crossing for a crew change while a CN freight rolls north along the double track portion of the CN Missabe Sub.

Heavy snow is falling as CN 2040 makes it's way north having just crossed over the Ramshaw diamond in route to the Minorca Taconite plant for loading.

The crew running as the Keenan Switch job on this day must have grabbed some "best available" power at Keenan yard to use to bring these bentonite cars up and switch out the commercial y... (more)

This ex. Southern Pacific SD45T-2, rebuilt as an SD40T-3 and now running as DM&IR #405 is passing through Iron Jct., Minnesota with a train of raw taconite ore. They are headed to the Fairlane pe... (more)

BLE 906 leads the MRF (Misc. Road Freight) local up from Two Harbors, MN bound for CN's Keenan yard. They will set out engines and cars and pick up engines and cars before returning back to Two Ha... (more)

CN 9402 shoves a string of hoppers back into the CN Keenan yard while passing a pair of still active searchlight signals at N. Keenan. Or, CN 9402 and a string of hoppers anywhere across the CN ra... (more)

Fog covers the landscape on a cool 30 degree morning.

Cutting through the trees and frost covered landscape.

The wildfire smoke that plagued NE Minnesota during most of summer months has really tapered off and mostly cleared out now that fall has arrived with it's cool, clean air , blue skies and low lig... (more)