CN 3334 leads the way onto the siding at Biwabik, MN to meet loads that are waiting to head south on the main after they clear the switch at S. Biwabik. This train, that loads at Minntac's east lo... (more)

A trio of IC SD40-3s on temporary assignment working the T-Bird job at Largo about to shove back to the coarse crusher to begin loading taconite bearing rock into 94 old DMIR ore cars.

Steaming taconite pellets move south down the CN Rainy sub after loading at the Minorca mine just outside Virginia, MN.

Iron ore pellets and a couple of classics head back to Proctor yard after loading at United Taconite.

CN's self-propelled RDC-1 1501 "Test Track Evaluation Systems" was busy testing some trackage on the CN's Missabe Sub, the Minntac Sub then the Keenan Sub before spending the night at Ke... (more)

The fall steam excursion run from the Duluth Depot to Palmers siding featuring DMIR 332 rolls on the Lakefront line under the Fitgers Brewery complex on the shore of Lake Superior.

A trio of IC "Deathstars" are on temporary T-Bird service while the usual rebuilt AC44C6Ms assigned now to this job receive some service at Proctor shops before returning to reclaim thei... (more)

A trio of IC "Deathstars" are on temporary T-Bird service while the usual rebuilt AC44C6Ms assigned now to this job receive some service at Proctor shops before returning to reclaim thei... (more)

A trio of IC "Deathstars" are on temporary T-Bird service while some rebuilt AC44C6Ms receive some service at Proctor before returning to reclaim their spot on this job.

The 1x1 setup on U790 has CN 3327 as the DP unit shoving 145 ore cars along the Minntac sub as they head up to the mine to load taconite pellets. A bad order setout sits on the siding after appare... (more)

A southbound pellet train loaded from Minntac's west pocket meets an empty pellet train heading to Minntac's east pocket to load. The sb has the two engines up front while the nb had a 1x1 setup ... (more)

With a down day at United Taconite, the usual T-Bird power and crew was used to retrieve 7 sand cars from storage on the former Erie Mining, LTV Mining now Cliffs Erie property. Before the other c... (more)

With a down day at United Taconite, the usual T-Bird power and crew was used to retrieve 7 sand cars from storage on the former Erie Mining, LTV Mining now Cliffs Erie property and are seen headin... (more)

The fall steam excursion run from the Duluth Depot to Palmers siding featuring DMIR 332.

Thundering up Lemon Drop Hill out of downtown Duluth, MN DMIR 332 certainly grabs people's attention as they roll along on a fall steam excursion.