BNSF all-rail UKESMAD0-10T rolls slowly through Bob Dylan's hometown of Hibbing, MN and the old depot as they head back west to Kelly Lake then turn south for a trip to Granite City near St. Louis... (more)

Saturday dawned gloomy and gray on the first day of a “stay at home” order in Minnesota. A nice walk (permissible) to the top of an old mine dump offered this view of part of the community of... (more)

Oil vs Ore. This time the oil won as they cross over the Ramshaw diamond first while an empty taconite train holds at the signal on the CN Iron Range sub. watching them go by.

Running at track speed, CN 3061 leading a unit train of oil cans roars through the small community of Orr, MN (pop. 267) as they travel from Canada to points south down the CN Rainy Sub.

North from Proctor, MN to load under the west loadout pocket then move over to weigh on the east pocket scale and travelling back south to the yard at Proctor with taconite pellets in tow.

The evidence indicates it wasn't a very warm morning as taconite loads run south for Two Harbors, MN.

CN 2028 pushes its way up the CN Iron Range Sub breaking trail for the 592 axels following behind.

The wind is blowing, the temperature is falling and the snow is deep as evident by CN 2028 pushing its way along the CN Iron Range Sub as they run north from Two Harbors for a date with the west l... (more)

Running back to Two Harbors with some hot commodity.

On a dark and foggy evening there are no trains coming because the signals say so.

After meeting a southbound pellet load, CN 2027 catches the last light of the day traveling north along the running track on the CN Iron Range Sub at Sparta, MN.

DMIR 403 pulling ore empties north from Two Harbors back to a mine for reloading. Shortly after this shot over two years ago she suffered a cracked block but was repaired and departed the MEI sho... (more)

A CN northbound stack train only adds to the peak fall color as they travel up the CN Missabe Sub about to turn left onto the CN Rainy Sub for the run to the Canadian border crossing at Rainier, M... (more)

Ore vs. Oil at Ramshaw. With 145 cars of taconite pellets going by at 20 mph there are about 70 chances to try and get the southbound train waiting on the CN Rainy Sub framed in between two ore ca... (more)

A four pack of GE's (CN 2013, 2033,2024, 2010) throttle up after coming off the CN Missabe Sub at Iron Jct. and heading to Two Harbors on the CN Iron Range Sub with taconite pellets from ArcelorMi... (more)