A northbound cutting through the fog on the way to U.S. Steel Minntac.
The last light on the last day of July with CN 2004 heading up to U.S. Steel Minntac to load pellets off the west loadout pocket.
A nice summer afternoon at N. Biwabik along the CN Iron Range sub with pellet loads and empties going in opposite directions.
Some early morning fog still hanging around as 15,500 tons of steaming taconite pellets descend the hill from the U.S. Steel taconite plant on this cool forty degree Labor Day.
A nice quiet summer evening finds northbound CN 2031 throttling up at N. Biwabik after sitting and on the siding waiting for southbound loads to pass. After the dust, diesel exhaust, wheels squea... (more)
Giving the friendly roll-by at N. Biwabik two taconite trains meet on a pleasant July afternoon.
Back when CN tested these two units to haul pellets between the mine and the yard either along the CN Missabe sub or the CN Iron Range sub. After a few weeks and several trip back and forth they ... (more)
Thundering north on the trip from Two Harbors, MN along the CN Iron Range sub passing through the mostly empty yard at Biwabik, MN.
Coming off the CN Missabe Sub and onto the CN Minntac sub at Noimi Jct. with empties heading to the mine to load.
After a meet, CN 2004 coming off the running track throttles up getting back to track speed heading north for a date with the west load out pocket at the U.S. Steel Minntac taconite plant.
CN 2031 north and their empties prepare to give a roll-by to CN 2026 south with their loads at north Biwabik.
Empties from Two Harbors take the siding at Biwabik and will wait briefly for their counterpart loads that will be coming shortly.
Coming back from Two Harbors, MN passing through the old mine dumps of past mining days here at Gilbert, MN.
Coming up from Two Harbors crossing over the CN Rainy sub at Ramshaw continuing the trek north for loading at U.S. Steel Minntac.
It's a gloomy late fall day across northern Minnesota as this empty from Two Harbors, MN heads north up the CN Iron Range sub for a date with the west loadout pocket at U.S. Steel Minntac before r... (more)