Twelve thousand ton MNPSTB-27 rolls downgrade on No.3 track between Red Buttes and Laramie, WY on a chilly early spring day. Trailing the 9283 are SP 9337, an SD45T-2, the 8002, a patched B39-8, a... (more)

CN 2007 leads a trio of GE C40-8s making good time up the grade from Two Harbors, MN at Highland Lake passing siding.The empty train is headed back to Minntac for a refill. CN 2007 was acquired by... (more)

The sun attempts to poke through the wildfire haze as the MRF cruises along on the Iron Range Subdivision at Biwabik.

A trio of Dash 8's lead ore empties as the round come around the bend in Gilbert, Minnesota in some golden hour sun. The train will head to Minntac for another load of taconite pellets to take bac... (more)

A pair of Canadian National Dash 8's shove empties through the loader at the Thunderbird Mine in Eveleth, Minnesota on a clear and cold winter afternoon. The train will be loaded with crude ore fr... (more)

After a quick trackside crew change, CN 2028, with its 145 cars of steaming taconite pellets in tow, responds to the engineer's throttle commands and starts pulling for Two Harbors.

Heading south happens several times a day but heading north on the CN Iron Range sub with steaming pellets is rare. Due to a conveyer belt malfunction this train was rerouted to Proctor, MN inste... (more)

A northbound container train just clears in time to not cast a shadow on the southbound pellet train as they are about to take a right turn and head for Two Harbors with these loads from the Minnt... (more)

One of the best spots around for late afternoon trains is the bridge over the Merrimack River in Haverhill as the shadows hold out for a long time. Pan Am freight POAY is seen crossing the bridge ... (more)

Portland to Ayer manifest freight POAY is seen passing the old Boston & Maine depot in East Kingston, NH.

Portland to Ayer manifest freight POAY is seen at crossing Elm Street at Varney Crossing in North Berwick, Maine. The train is traveling on the former Boston & Maine Portland Division.

Code blue skies and a cold temperature as this northbound empty proceeds as scheduled for the Minorca mine to load taconite pellets. Ironically, the Minorca pit is just beyond the trees above the... (more)

Steaming pellets rounding the bend as they come down from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant on a bitter cold afternoon never gets old.

Coming up from Two Harbors for a date with the Minorca mine loadout on a cold afternoon.

As heavy large flakes of snow fall quiet is broken on CN's Iron Range sub as first the hum of three dash 8's and then the steel-on-steel whooshing noise of one hundred forty-five ore cars filled w... (more)