The sun has set as CN 2004 makes the run back to Two Harbors, MN with fresh taconite pellets.
After waiting for a unit oil train to roll south across the Ramshaw diamond in front of them, CN 2015 is back underway towards Minntac just seconds before the sun is lost for the day.
Staring at red signals, CN 2015 and crew is stopped and waiting near the Ramshaw diamond for a southbound oil train that's currently coming down the CN Rainy sub.
Oil vs Ore. This time the oil won as they cross over the Ramshaw diamond first while an empty taconite train holds at the signal on the CN Iron Range sub. watching them go by.
After delivering product to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant, limestone empties now continue their way back south to Proctor, MN
After bringing four loads out to Dyno Nobel and performing switching duties swapping said loads for these four empties, CN 2112 and crew return down the east leg of the wye here at Iron Jct. as th... (more)
A trio of EMD's and 138 veteran DMIR ore jennies make their way south on the CN Missabe Sub with pellet loads from U.S. Steel Minntac to the yard at Proctor, MN.
Traveling south on the CN Missabe sub, the last rays of sun splash across this empty limestone train heading back to Proctor, MN after delivering to U.S. Steel Minntac. They would end up stoppin... (more)
A trio of EMD tunnel motors ( DMIR 408, BLE 903, DMIR 400) round the curve at Iron Jct. and split the signals heading south on the Missabe Sub with taconite rock from the mine for the plant.
The wind is blowing, the temperature is falling and the snow is deep as evident by CN 2028 pushing its way along the CN Iron Range Sub as they run north from Two Harbors for a date with the west l... (more)
An empty T-Bird makes its way back north to the mine to reload after leaving the plant and meeting it's loaded counterpart along the CN Missabe Sub.
A loaded pellet train from U.S. Steel Minntac heads towards Two Harbors on the CN Iron Range Sub on Thanksgiving morning.
About to knock down a lone remaining searchlight signal, the Keenan switch job comes back down the Keenan Sub with 6 empties after switching out the Viking Explosives Co. on Thanksgiving morning.
Shooting a Bird on Thanksgiving. A T-Bird runs south with 14,500 tons of taconite rock for the plant on Thanksgiving morning.
Gliding along the CN Missabe Sub on a nice fall afternoon three veteran EMD's pull veteran Missabe/DMIR era ore cars southbound.
