With the sun blanketing the northern Minnesota landscape, BLE 900 continues to lead the charge northbound on the CN Iron Range sub headed for U.S. Steel Minntac with 145 empties after just complet... (more)

A sucker hole bursts through the clouds for a split second to illuminate the nose of freshly repainted BLE 900 as it and 3 other EMD's pull 145 empties north on the CN Iron Range sub destined for ... (more)

Racing clouds that seemingly came out of no where, a fresh BLE #900 slows for a meet at Jones.

A very freshly repainted BLE #900 takes a little of the sting off of discovering a bunch of pines have grown up and ruined a beautiful curve shot there. This is what I managed. I'm not sure who pa... (more)

The freshly painted BLE #900 is barely outpacing the impending clouds as they slow for a meet at Jones. Check out the rear cars.

The weather is clearing slightly from the fog experienced on the northbound trip as BLE 900 is now southbound with fresh made taconite pellets from U.S. Steel, Minntac bound for Two Harbors, MN.

A typical northern Minnesota November day. BLE 900 charges north on the Minntac Sub to load taconite pellets at North America's largest taconite mine, U.S. Steel Minntac.

A nice gathering of EMD power as three SD60s wait to lift limestone loads to Proctor while a Bessemer sandwich runs around its train on the ore dock.

Exhaust pours out of a trio of SD40 variants as they are full throttle coming up the 5 mile 2.2% grade from the docks at Lake Superior. Its not Missabe but the B&LE units are always a treat up her... (more)

An empty ore train makes short work of a plow ridge created by the Lake County truck in the distance, which was coming back and sanding the opposite side of the road.

A Bessemer tunnel motor eliminates a plow ridge as it leads a train of empty ore cars out of Two Harbors for the Minorca plant near Virginia, MN. This area received around 3 feet of snow.

Minntac loads howl through the curve at Iron Junction as they slow for the 10 mph switch at West Wye, where they will enter the Iron Range Subdivision.

BLE #900 North just got the signal at Adolph and prepares to blast out of Proctor.

BLE and DMIR SD40T-3s 900 and 404 trundle south with 141 loads of taconite for Proctor.

A trio of mismatched painted Tunnelmotors slow for their arrival at Fairlane with a train of empty ore jennies.