The empties from the plant at Silver Bay are at the halfway point around m.p. 28 in the trip back to the mine at Babbitt, MN.

CN 3023 is running track speed as they make their way north along the CN Missabe sub traveling up to the Canadian border.

Don't have to wait long before a train passes through BNSF's Northtown yard.

Passing through the tight confines of S. Fairbanks with its big Norway pines and aspen on either side of the tracks.

Hitting a sliver of sun while cutting through the early morning fog on the way to Minntac to load 145 cars with pellets.

A quiet night at Jones with the signal and the northern lights. Soon the signal will display red over yellow for the approaching train that will take the siding.

CN 2004 rounds the bend through the yard at Biwabik and is about to take the N. Biwabik signal as the EOT device follows along on the tail end of U790 as the northern lights do their thing in the ... (more)

A trio of Dash 8s that have since been "retired" from the CN ore pool move iron ore pellets south down the Missabe sub.

Loads of pellets round the curve at Highland Lake and will meet a northbound empty before continuing on.

Minorca mine made iron ore pellets pass by Wales along the Iron Range sub as they travel down to Two Harbors, MN.

Hustling back to Proctor after dumping limestone at the Minorca mine.

The miscellaneous road freight from Two Harbors to Keenan yard waits on the east leg of the wye at Iron Jct. for traffic to clear up.

The northern lights made a brief appearance over the CN Keenan Sub and the one signal that guards the approach into the north end Keenan yard.

Three Dash 8s (2004, 2040, 2010) pull 145 cars of iron ore pellets across the diamond at Ramshaw while under the cover of darkness as they head for Two Harbors, MN.

The MRF from Two Harbors, led by DMIR 402, has the usual mixed freight coming up from Two Harbors in the form of centerbeams from LP, empty bentonite hoppers from Northshore Mining, a SD40u (6018)... (more)