A matched set of Bessemer tunnel motors lead a steaming ore train bound for Two Harbors on a crisp +8F morning.

The former Missabe/DM&IR 403, which could now be considered a CN "heritage" unit in theory, leads 135 loads of taconite southbound on the Iron Range Subdivision at Biwabik as they travel towards T... (more)

The orange nose of B&LE 904 blends in nicely to the all fall color of northern Minnesota.

The crew on board B&LE is spending their Easter Sunday delivering taconite pellets from Minntac and rolling southbound down the Iron Range Subdivision for Two Harbors, MN.

It's Easter Sunday and the colors of CN stand out against the early spring landscape of northern Minnesota as 135 loads of taconite pellets roll southbound down the Iron Range Subdivision for Two ... (more)

A 135 car train behind a trio of 6000 series CN engines (6017, 6024, and 6021) roll downhill from the west load out pocket at U.S. Steel Minntac. It was a great 60 degree day when I took this shot... (more)

Three Illinois Central units now serving time on the former Missabe pass through Sparta with 135 loads of steaming taconite pellets on a frost covered morning along the CN Iron Range Subdivision.

Illinois Central 6251 makes it's way across the Iron Range as the sun makes it's way over the horizon. This train will head to U.S. Steel Minntac for loading the 135 trailing cars with taconite p... (more)

Rolling back from Two Harbors and kicking up snow, DM&IR 406 leads the charge with 135 empties trailing bound for U.S. Steel Minntac.

A trio of EMD SD40-3's keep the ore cars in check as they roll down grade from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant southward for Two Harbors.

The last remaining SD40-3 in Missabe colors looks pretty good even if it's a cold early morning shortly before sunrise. They are coming off the Iron Range Sub and will be roughly a half hour from... (more)

The last maroon tunnel motor in DM&IR paint passes what are some of the last trees with color in NE Minnesota on it's trip south with taconite pellets.

DM&IR 400 (SD40-3) leads down the hill with CN 5548 (SD60F) and CN 2107 (C40-8) helping out as they are moving the taconite pellets south from Minntac bound for the CN dock at Two Harbors,MN on th... (more)

Steam from the fresh made taconite pellets rises off the cars as DM&IR 211 leads a colorful consist down from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant on Minnesota's Iron Range.

A pair of Missabe SD38-2's sandwich the Illinois Central 6250 as they run up to Minntac to load taconite off the west side. Most people shoot the southbound train as it's leaving Minntac but for ... (more)