Dashing through the snow? Still. A pair of the Dash 8's pull taconite rock south as northern Minnesota gets more snow. Still.

The MRF returns from Two Harbors with five cars of product from switching out the Louisiana Pacific board plant on the outskirts of town. They will head into Keenan Yard to pick up more cars befo... (more)

Not the leader I was hoping for, but nevertheless the Keenan Road Switch heads back to its namesake from Minntac. As a consolation, the #5626 is the class unit of CN SD75I's,

It's a good day when you can bag the last Missabe tunnel motor in maroon leading, with sun and steaming pellets trailing. Today was that day. B&LE 900 and DM&IR 407 are along to help out in pull... (more)

Fresh from the paint booth to the Iron Range. These ex-C&NW units are looking sharp in taconite service. The downside of this is they will not look sharp for long in taconite service when the dus... (more)

A trio of SD40's pull hard on the loads of taconite pellets as they begin the trip south on the CN Iron Range Subdivision bound for Two Harbors. I.C 6251, DM&IR 405 and I.C. 6252 with the honors ... (more)

DMIR 215 leads limestone empties south.

A loaded T-Bird passes by an empty taconite train on a sub-zero January morning.

Ore loads from US Steel's Minntac Plant are plowing the way towards Two Harbors.

Two freshly painted C40-8's assigned to the former Missabe to move tonnage, one having the special CN paint scheme celebrating 15 years of privatization, pull taconite loads sothward after loading... (more)

A more traditional consist for the former Missabe, before all the Illinois Central units and the bigger CN power came onto the scene. The DM&IR 409, DM&IR 400 and SD38-2 DM&IR 211 pull loads in th... (more)

A west loader bound for Minntac is coming through Ramshaw on a great spring day that has barely a cloud in the sky. The nice day would soon end for this crew though when after arriving at Minntac... (more)

A classic Missabe consist even if they are all painted into CN colors. DM&IR 409, DM&IR 400 and DM&IR 211 lead pellets from the Minorca mine southward just coming off the Missabe Sub. and taking t... (more)

Baby it's cold outside--still. Made more evident by the steam coming of these hot taconite pellets from the Minorca mine as the tempurature hangs around 5 degrees. If you look between the poles... (more)

A loaded Minorca limestone train pulls hard on its way north through Iron Jct with DMIR 207, 416, 200 for power.