The Big Boy reached the end of the line in Duluth, MN.

The Big Boy passes CN Dock 6 as it nears the end of the line on it's run from the Twin Cities to Duluth, MN.

A trio of GE's race thru the S-curve around the southside of the former Genoa mine pit running north taking the turn on what was the former DM&N, then DMIR and now the CN Iron Range Sub passing th... (more)

CN 2013 provides some color on a drab winter's day as it glides along the CN Iron Range sub bound for Two Harbors, MN.

Entering the CN Minntac Sub off the CN Missabe Sub at Noimi Jct., BLE 909 leads their train towards the U.S. Steel Minntac plant to load on a cold and dreary Minnesota winter's day.

Sailing along the CN Missabe sub with fresh baked taconite pellets for the yard at Proctor, MN.

Departing for Proctor, MN

With fresh snow falling , a trio of DMIR EMD's led by DMIR 409 is getting ready to depart United Taconite for Proctor with fresh baked taconite pellets that will be bound for the dock at Duluth, M... (more)

Getting ready to depart United Taconite for Proctor with fresh baked taconite pellets that will be bound for the dock at Duluth, MN.

Running thru the snow covered landscape as the trip towards Two Harbors, MN continues.

Departing Minntac for Proctor with fresh baked taconite pellets that will be bound for the dock at Duluth, MN.

CN 2018 leads taconite pellets south down the Iron Range Sub at Biwabik while the snow falls on Christmas Eve Eve.

Some nice afternoon light as this trio of GE's lead taconite pellets down the hill from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant and will be traveling to Two Harbors, MN arriving well after dark.

Some nice afternoon light as this 4 pack of EMD's lead taconite pellets down the hill from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant and will be traveling to Two Harbors, MN.

After cutting of the cars brought over from the yard in Superior, WI this UP engineer practices a little space management with the snowbank at the very end of the CP Rices Point yard with the cond... (more)