A loaded U711 taconite pellet train is seen coming from the Mintac mine at Zim with a solid set of tunnel motors leading the loaded Jennies. The Bessemer & Lake Erie is a fan favorite on the Missa... (more)

A loaded U711 taconite pellet train is seen coming off the Minntac Sub at Nomi Junction with a solid set of tunnel motors leading the loaded Jennies. The Bessemer & Lake Erie is a fan favorite on ... (more)

A unit grain train is seen headed North through Iron Junction. Canadian National routes their Northbound "core" trains over the Missabe Subdivision sharing the rail with the ore an limes... (more)

A loaded Thunderbird mine shuttle is seen heading to the Fairlane plant at Iron Junction. The shuttles operate on a four-hour cycle, bringing raw ore from the mine at Thunderbird in Virginia to th... (more)

An empty Thunderbird mine shuttle is seen heading back to the mine at Iron Junction. The shuttles operate on a four-hour cycle, bringing raw ore from the mine at Thunderbird in Virginia to the Uni... (more)

An empty taconite train is seen returning from Two Harbors on the Iron Range Subdivision. The train is crossing the former DW&P (now CN Rainey Sub) at the diamond in Ramshaw. The former CNW Dash 8... (more)

An empty taconite train is seen returning from Two Harbors on the Iron Range Subdivision. The train is about to cross the former DW&P (now CN Rainey Sub) at the diamond in Ramshaw. The former CNW ... (more)

A push pull tandem with NSM 650 and NSM 653 lug heavy wet coarse waste rock up from the plant heading to their Milepost 7 tailings basin to unload before returning back to the plant to reload.

CN 2261 leads a southbound intermodal as they approach the Laurentian Divide just north of Virginia, MN.

A snowy trip for the entire 74 miles along the Iron Range Sub is coming to end as CN 2028 is about to cross Highway 7 turning north and getting on the CN Missabe Sub and then the CN Minntac Sub ar... (more)

After switching the commercial yard at Minntac, the R901 crew is heading back south on the Minntac Sub and taking the rare left turn at Noimi Jct. headed to the former DW&P yard at Virginia to pic... (more)

Local L568 is seen wrapping around the curve at Munger passing under the former DW&P during a lucky break in the morning clouds.

DMIR 408 leads two other tunnel motors and an empty taconite pellet train over the Cloquet River Bridge and back to the Iron Range to be reloaded.

One T-Bird is all loaded up and waiting to depart while the other T-Bird waits patiently for their to load at the crusher. Sitting in the background is North Shore Track Services GP9 115 (former M... (more)

The other taconite hauler in NE Minnesota is the BNSF. They are a much tougher target as most of the Casco Sub runs through swamps and there aren't roads close or nearby. Here a train from the U.... (more)