A trio of classic EMD's haul a loaded iron ore taconite train as it comes through Iron Junction on CN's Missabe Sub.

A pair of C40-8's lead T-Bird loads through Iron Junction, MN.

Snow, 40 below wind chills, code blue skies, thundering EMD's and a train of steaming ore pellets....does it really get much better? IC 6251 is in charge of this southbound out of Fairlane, bound ... (more)

An IC SD40-2 and an epic EMD lashup bring an empty ore train past DMIR searchlights at Ramshaw in Iron Junction, MN.

Brand new CN 3815 leads a manifest north into Iron Junction.

A pair of Bessemer tunnel motors lead the MRF north into Iron Junction.

CN 2112 leads a T-bird south through Iron Junction.

Most southbound CN manifest trains travel the ex DWP main from Virginia to Nopeming Junction but this morning this train was routed south on the ex DMIR main shown between Iron Junction and Keenan... (more)

15th anniversary sticker; shuttle from Thunderbird Mine to Taconite plant at Forbes (Fairlane)

DMIR SD18 181 idles at Keenan Yard near Iron Junction, MN on June 18, 1986. This shot shows a good detail view of a factory built Missabe SD18 from 1960, albeit in the newer Arrowhead scheme. Miss... (more)

IC 6251 leads 3 other SD40's through Iron Junction and will make the turn and head for Biwabik. Once arriving into Biwabik they will wait for several hours on MOW to clear and also wait for a nort... (more)

DMIR SD38AC no. 207 leads a train load of Thunderbird Mine taconite ore jennies through Iron Junction , Minnesota. This is likely a move of empties for reloading with raw ore for the plant.

4 tunnel motors are in charge of this empty ore train bound for loading at Minorca Mine on the north side of Virginia. Here the train is between Mt. Iron Jct. and DWP Jct., and only about a mile f... (more)

A Chicago, IL, to Winnipeg, MB, extra manifest train rolls thru the West Wye control point at Iron Junction. Leading is 1 of 4 EMD Demonstrator units that the CN purchased. Trailing is one of the... (more)