Time of photo is 2058 and the sunset time on this day is 2107. The absolute last ray of sun hits the U730 as they head north with a matched clean pair of dash 8's with the anniversary logo.

Coming up from Two Harbors, DMIR 406 catches some sun as they pass by the wye used to access the Thunderbird South coarse crusher which came online in 1976 to help feed the Fairlane pellet plant. ... (more)

Signals to depart the yard and head down to Proctor with taconite pellets out of the United Taconite plant.

Less than an hour after sunrise, CN 2029 is just about an hour into their trip to Two Harbors, MN with these steaming pellets made at Minntac and passing through the yard at Biwabik, MN. On the ho... (more)

A Keenan switch crew is about to shove 100 taconite loads into CN Keenan yard and once tied down, they will tie onto another 88-car string and return back to Minntac and then return back here to K... (more)

BLE 906 and sister 909 make a nice-looking combo as they glide down from the mine to the plant working a mine shuttle job.

Heading back to Proctor with limestone empties.

After a mechanical failure with some conveyor belting at Two Harbors, CN 2028 was told to wye the train at Allen Jct. and come back and now they are coming off the CN Iron Range sub using the east... (more)

A maroon sandwich. As transfer power eases across the yard to head back to CN's Pokegama yard over in Superior, WI, in the distance train A439 works on doubling up their train before heading to o... (more)

Up and over the Laurentian Divide, CN 3008 is on the north side while most of the train is still climbing up the south.

Catching the last rays of sun as they head north on the CN Rainy Sub bound for the Minorca mine in a few more miles.

Hauling freight north passing through the CN Virginia yard, CN 3008 leads A439 a daily train from Proctor Yard to Symington (Winnipeg).

Moving from Main 1 over to Main 2, CN 2107 heads back to the mine while passing a mixed freight that's waiting for traffic to clear up ahead on the CN Rainy sub before they can themselves proceed ... (more)

Coming to the end of the CN Iron Range sub, CN 2004 will take the signal and hit the CN Missabe sub heading north bound for Minntac to load taconite pellets.

Coming off the CN Iron Range sub and shortly getting onto the CN Missabe sub, DMIR 406 leads with a long string of ballast cars in tow that they will shove into Keenan yard.