After a meet here at Allen Jct. with a NB empty, CN 2031 is ready to pull for the rest of the trip back into Two Harbors to put these loads into stockpile until the boats can take them to a mill.

The R901 job based out of CN's Keenan yard is retrieving the Plasser & Theurer RM802 High-Production Ballast Undercutting/Cleaning Machine that has been stored since fall when rehabilitation work ... (more)

RCPE 3427 has crossed the property line, and is now on Canadian Pacific trackage.

Coming out of United Taconite with steaming pellets bound for Proctor as a railfan captures the moment.

A quartet of SD40-2s prepare to roll under highway 14 on their way towards Tracy.

Coming out of United Taconite and crossing over to Main 1 for the trip back north to the mine to reload.

The Rapid City Pierre and Eastern 40s have passed through Verdi, and are now approaching Lake Benton.

WB DAPX hopper train approaching the cliffs. Photo by Jim Satterwhite.

A regular denizen of the area, this former Southern SD24 is hauling a big string of cars by the bluffs, one more time. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Photographed from the highway 95 overpass is a ballast empty to Dresser WI for loading.

Steaming away on a winter's day. Fresh made taconite pellets come around the corner and down the hill from the Minntac plant who's steam plume can be seen above the trees located in Mountain Iron... (more)

When I heard the CP’s Waseca Local blowing for the at-grade street crossings in Rochester I dropped everything and took up the chase. However chasing the eastbound local involves crossing throug... (more)

Coming up from Two Harbors to set out and pick up at Keenan yard, DMIR 400 now steps off the Missabe sub and onto the east leg of the wye onto the Iron Range sub for the return trip back to Two Ha... (more)

After a yearlong shutdown, Northshore Mining is back up and running, albeit at a reduced capacity and based on what owner Cleveland Cliffs needs for suppling customers. Shortly after sunrise the ... (more)

DMIR 400 departs Keenan Yard with the Southbound MRF to Two Harbors.