Getting underway with pellets for the dock in Duluth.

DMIR 409 is set to plow its' way to Minntac from Two Harbors.

Fighting blowing and drifting snow along the way, an empty train returns from Two Harbors, MN to load more pellets which are waiting for them at the west load-out pocket at U.S. Steel's Minntac mi... (more)

It was nice to see a matched pair of former DMIR tunnel motors constitutively numbered pulling loads of taconite pellets into the yard at Proctor. While not rare by any means, finding a matched p... (more)

The conductor jumps out and rides the point to throw the switch as they proceed into the yard at Proctor after a trip down from the Iron Range.

While not "rare", the odds of getting two consecutively numbered tunnel motors alone on a train are pretty low. This train is an ode to the Missabe, as two tunnel motors and 116 cars were the norm... (more)

While not "rare", the odds of getting two consecutively numbered tunnel motors alone on a train are pretty low. Traditionally (before CN, about 1997-2004) the Iron Range Sub. trains almost always ... (more)

ES44ACs on the NSM this morning. Steam at Two Harbors mid day and finally an ore train at last light. A fine day of rail fanning.

Spring melt provides some reflections on a snowy winter.

The old tunnel motors put on a bit of a show at Zim as they race Proctor empties back to Fairlane for reload.

Minorca loads blast down the hill with ballast cars from Prindle lurking in the background. Quite the hill here! Neat contrast between old and new cars!

Just a year on the property, 409 leads a short MRF south at Skibo en route to two Harbors.

Minntac pellets storm northward up the grade to Two Harbors.

Ore empty for Minntac rolls through heavy snow north of Two Harbors at Highland.