Due to congestion on the CN, a late-running Kelly Lake Local coming back from the Minorca mine with five empty bentonite cars slowly cruising by the former GN depot in Hibbing, MN on a Friday afte... (more)
BNSF all-rail UKESMAD0-10T rolls slowly through Bob Dylan's hometown of Hibbing, MN and the old depot as they head back west to Kelly Lake then turn south for a trip to Granite City near St. Louis... (more)
Saturday dawned gloomy and gray on the first day of a “stay at home” order in Minnesota. A nice walk (permissible) to the top of an old mine dump offered this view of part of the community of... (more)
Oil vs Ore. This time the oil won as they cross over the Ramshaw diamond first while an empty taconite train holds at the signal on the CN Iron Range sub. watching them go by.
Running at track speed, CN 3061 leading a unit train of oil cans roars through the small community of Orr, MN (pop. 267) as they travel from Canada to points south down the CN Rainy Sub.