CP OCS heading South along the River Sub through the Reno Recreational Area.

CP 1401 leading its train set past the Lawrence Lake Marina & Bait Shop on the former DM&E.

The CP Royal Canadian heading South along the mighty Mississippi River with CEO Keith Creel recently boarded.

The CP OCS heading South for CP Nahant Yard in Davenport, Iowa, where they will layover.

In some of the first sunrays of the day CP 40B makes its way out of Homer on the River Sub. This was a great chase that began up by Kellogg, MN and ended at Nahant Yard in Davenport, Iowa for abou... (more)

CP 40B snaking down the River Sub in the first sunrays of the day.

With UP and CN locomotives on the point, a unit sand train makes its way around Northtown Yard in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the BNSF Staples Subdivision. As the sand train passes on the main, a re... (more)

Iron ore pellets come into Saginaw as the trip back to Proctor yard continues. The leader, CN 3331, sports a special logo dating back to the Canadian Northern days.

CN 3331, with its throwback circle logo as a nod to the Canadian Northern, leads steaming iron ore pellets south on the Missabe sub heading for Proctor yard.

Moments after leaving the Minorca taconite plant, CN 3331 leads through the former DW&P yard at Virginia, MN as they head back down to Proctor with steaming iron ore pellets. Note the much older o... (more)

Quietly moving along the CN Iron Range Sub for loading at the U.S. Steel Minntac plant which is still a little under an hour way yet. These new ore cars and the rebuilt GE's are much quieter, alm... (more)

Snow clearing efforts taking place at CN's Keenan yard as some more snow falls. Lots of stored DMIR ore cars fill out a couple of tracks.

This begins the slowest part of the journey through the Twin Cities. Only a handful of miles to the Union Depot, it will take almost 30 minutes.

An overnight snowfall blankets blankets the landscape for a late Empire Builder.

Led by an SD40-2Q, Canadian National's U791 rounds the bend as it rolls through Iron Junction, Minnesota and past a DMIR searchlight signal that guards the junction. With a load of taconite pellet... (more)