After a meet here at Kelsey, MN with a northbound it's time to get back on the move south towards Proctor yard for these steaming taconite pellets. The nearby detector for the northbound rattled ... (more)

The wind was whipping as this empty ore train ran across the open yard at Biwabik along the CN Iron Range sub.

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)

Fresh. Rumor has it these factory fresh rebuilds will be the power on ore trains across NE Minnesota replacing the Dash 8's and the older EMD products that are plying the rails today.

Rolling south along the CN Missabe sub as the sun sets. That plume on the horizon is the U.S. Steel Minntac plant where this train originated about an hour or so previous.

And then sometimes the train comes into view long hood forward. Oh well. They were pulling five DME hoppers though.

Heading back to Proctor traveling down the CN Missabe Sub.

Hot taconite loads in the pre-dawn cold air.

A nice morning heading back down to Proctor from the Iron Range with the empty limestone cars.

Coming off the CN Iron Range sub and heading south at Iron Jct. with still steaming taconite pellets. A mechanical problem at Two Harbors caused the reroute of this train down to Proctor instead. ... (more)

Empty ore train coming up from Two Harbors, MN and across the landscape of NE Minnesota heading to a taconite plant to load pellets.

A pair of SD60's and a train of mostly old school colorful boxcars makes for nice looking train in 2023.

Coming up from Two Harbors with one meet under their belts way back at Brimson, MN the crew were told to slow down because they were going to wait here at Gilbert for about 45 minutes until an all... (more)

After loading and departing United Taconite, it was a nice run to the siding here at Alborn were they had to wait on three northbounds to pass and clear before getting back underway for Proctor ya... (more)

Gritty and grimy is the life of a taconite hauler in the CN Two Harbors ore pool.