DMIR 400 heading back to Proctor with a train of ore cars following.

Three Dash 8s and 140 new cars head north about to cross the CN Rainy sub at the Ramshaw diamond.

CN 2026 leads the way with 140 almost brand new only about a week in service and made by FreightCar America-Mexico ore cars trailing as they head to U.S. Steel Minntac to load and return to Two Ha... (more)

The Rapid City, Pierre, & Eastern's M MNAU pulls to a stop as it approaches Tracy, Minnesota at the ESS Tracy switch where they will meet the tied down M AUMN. The conductor is riding up to throw ... (more)

With a pair of Bessemer tunnel motors bracketing an SD40-2W, Canadian National dock job R921 shoves out on to Dock 6 in Duluth, Minnesota with a train of loaded ore hoppers for unloading. The out ... (more)

CN 2026 leads a string of almost brand-new ore cars north near Gilbert, MN as they head to load at the Minntac taconite plant.

A loaded taconite train coming from Hibbing Taconite is almost to track speed as they roll down the Casco Sub just south of Hibbing, MN.

A loaded taconite train coming from Keewatin Taconite (steam plume in background) shoves back through the small town of Keewatin as they head east for Kelly Lake before heading south.

BNSF 3737 ramps up the throttle speed as they depart Kelly Lake for points south.

CN isn't the only railroad hauling steaming taconite pellets across Minnesota's Iron Range as BNSF 3737 is loaded out and departing U.S Steel's Keewatin Taconite plant headed south.

Barking up Proctor Hill with limestone loads.

Heading south ripping around the curve and under the CN Rainy sub while they head for Proctor yard.

The Keenan local, R901, coming back to their namesake yard with the usual empty tanks from a blasting company they serve along the CN Iron Range sub.

Rochester, Minnesota is known for several things, mostly for being the home of the Mayo Clinic. But there is another thing, not as well known outside of the local area and that is the “Corn Towe... (more)

The Madison to Madison (Illinois to South Dakota) fertilizer heads west into Willmar. Since we are west of CP 98, the train is off the Wayzata Sub and is now traversing the Morris Sub.