Descending the grade from the Minntac taconite plant bound for Two Harbors, MN.

Humming along with iron ore pellets in tow.

A little spring snow falls on a quiet trip back to Proctor yard.

A spring morning with a little snow still hanging on as the loads from Babbitt make their way to the shore of Lake Superior and the taconite plant at Silver Bay.

A CN freight quietly glides up the Missabe Sub under the northern lights.

UP Coke loads from Rosemont, MN to Thunder Bay, ON rolling along the CN Missabe sub.

CN train A439 rolls through the small community of Cook, MN.

Coming north to reload with taconite pellets.

A trio of now retired Dash 8s make their way south along the Iron Range sub just after crossing the Ramshaw diamond with the Rainy Sub and getting a good roll-by from a track worker on scene.

Almost to the plant at Silver Bay, NSMX 673 is within the last few miles of their trip to the taconite plant and dock on the shore of Lake Superior.

Iron ore pellets spill off the cars as they travel along, and CN will periodically dispatch a fleet of vacuum trucks to clean between the rails and discard them into to piles in the R.O.W.

Continuing on towards Two Harbors on the CN Iron Range sub. with iron ore pellets.

Snow swirls driven by a stout wind from the northwest as an empty ore train comes around the corner into Biwabik, MN.

The signals at Iron Jct. shine bright on a foggy evening as they protect movements along the CN Missabe sub.

CN 3233, Salute to Veterans, comes across the Canadian border with mixed freight for the U.S. passing by the former DW&P depot as they enter the country.