Short winter days and low afternoon sun as a T-Bird heads back to the mine to reload.

A transfer heading to their yard at Rice's Point with CN's ore stockpiles and dock in the background.

Heading for Two Harbors, MN under clear and cold conditions.

A couple of trains ready to depart CN's Keenan yard with one, the L568, having to wait for other, R901, to get out first.

Grizzled veterans with their faded paint and well-seasoned rough looks still preforming under the CN umbrella.

Heading off the CN Missabe sub and onto the Iron Range sub at Iron Jct. west wye bound for Two Harbors, MN.

A quad set of all EMD with IC (2), DMIR and CN representing. Empty limestone train heads back towards Proctor, MN after delivering 58 loads to U.S. Steel's Minntac plant at Mountain Iron, MN.

Storm clouds are a brewing on the horizon as CN 2025 runs towards the sun and Two Harbors, MN with taconite pellets.

CP 2222 brings a transfer of boxcars while passing one of the few trees to still be hanging on to its leaves. They are heading to their yard on Rice's Point on the waterfront at Duluth, MN.

With dust blowing off the empty ore jennies, DMIR 402 brings them back to the mine for loading on a late winter's afternoon.

A nice clear cold early spring morning and steaming taconite pellets head for Two Harbors on the CN Iron Range sub.

The thick morning fog has mostly dissipated now leaving a gloomy landscape making CN's red nose stick out amongst the greens, grays and yellows.

Heading back to CN's Keenan yard after switching a blasting company located along CN's Iron Range sub, GTW 5847 still looks pretty good, sans that number board, after all these years of service.

Shortly after sunset now and this pellet train with it's new crew onboard heads north through the former DW&P yard on the CN Rainy sub heading for Ranier, MN and the border crossing. It's believed... (more)

Coming off the CN Minntac Sub and taking a left turn at the almost never used other than for M.o.W. equipment storage Noimi Jct switch and leg to get over and onto the CN Missabe Sub for the trip ... (more)