The early morning cold is everywhere as the sun comes up while BLE 900 is rolling south back to Proctor yard with steaming taconite pellets.

The Keenan switch job pulling a ballast undercutting and cleaning machine from the small yard at Mountain Iron and bringing it back to Keenan yard.

Veteran Missabe tunnelmotors pulling vintage DMIR ore cars in the winter on Minnesota's Iron Range.

After delivering limestone to the Minorca mine, a trio of BLEs led by BLE 906 come down the CN Rainy Sub at sunset catching a few of the last rays of the day.

Heading south for Proctor yard on a nice fall afternoon with steaming taconite pellets.

Heading back to the mine to reload on a nice fall morning. Both of these units are now headed for an unknown fate after having been removed from the CN ore pool and likely retired.

The local from Ranier to Proctor swings off the CN Rainy Sub at Shelton Jct getting on the CN Missabe Sub with a stop to do planned work at Keenan yard before going on to Proctor yard.

That afternoon glow before the sun dips behind the horizon. The sun has now set for trailing unit CN 2131 having been placed in the deadline at Proctor and will head south for disposition while t... (more)

After spotting their boxcars onto the storage tracks with the others already there, the crew of the R901 job gives a roll by to the crew of the L594 job which is coming up from Two Harbors with so... (more)

After delivering limestone to the Minorca mine, IC 6255 is now heading home to Proctor on a nice fall afternoon.

CN 2918 comes south with a mixed freight near the peak of colored leaves season across NE Minnesota. Previously CN 2918 spent some time near here having been assigned to the ore pool moving taconi... (more)

The red signal indicates that there is nothing coming north from Two Harbors for a while, but all eyes were on the sky on this night.

After executing the perfect meet at the former DWP yard at Virginia with it's counterpart L567, DMIR 405 is rolling along towards their next stop for work at Keenan yard before going on to Proctor... (more)

Coming down the Casco Sub at mp 85 with loads of pellets, the other player in moving taconite in NE Minnesota is the BNSF which handles production from U.S. Steel's Keetac plant and Hibbing Taconi... (more)

Coming off the CN Missabe Sub at Iron Jct., CN 2025 turns east for the southbound trip down the yard at Two Harbors with taconite pellets.