After a yearlong shutdown, Northshore Mining is back up and running, albeit at a reduced capacity based on what owner Cleveland Cliffs needs so it was nice to see a train on this line again. Here ... (more)

A pair of Twin Cities & Western locomotives brings a train of empty covered hoppers destined for the elevator in Echo, MN through Belview, passing the restored Minneapolis & St Louis Railway depot... (more)

CN 2020 leads U791 to Two Harbors, passing through desolate Skibo, MN.

CN 5349 leads train U716 from UTAC from Proctor for loading. The train is passing the old depot in Saginaw, MN.

U788 approaches the diamond at Ramshaw with CN 2010 leading.

The low light towards the end of a winter's day bathes this U717 from United Taconite as their hot taconite pellets move south for the yard at Proctor, MN.

Snow falling and the wind howling as a trio of dash 8s come crawling along the CN Iron Range Sub with 145 ore cars for loading.

Passing through some snow while the sun is shing, CN 2041 leads as they head up to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant to load taconite pellets.

An eastbound Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range taconite train rumbles through Brimson, Minnesota, on the trip to the ore dock at Two Harbors on September 30, 1989.

Asking for and receiving the necessary lights to leave the plant's yard and head back to the mine's course crusher to reload taconite rock before returning and doing it all over again.

Some of Minntac's finest pellets head south towards Proctor, MN on a nice day.

DMIR 409 leads an empty limestone train south at Burnett Road in Culver, MN destined for Proctor.

BN 2213, formerly GN GP30 no. 3013, sits with open doors at Minneapolis in March 1973. It appears to need more than simply sand and fuel... This unit would continue on BN until 12/1088, then be re... (more)

BN 986, formerly GN NW5 no. 186, sits on a snowless January day in 1973 at Minneapolis between assignments. This was GN's first of 10 NW5s, built in December 1946, and retired by BN on April 29, 1... (more)

BN 1549, formerly GN GP7 no. 649, leads a colorful consist at Minneapolis in January 1973. Wearing its original color scheme minus the logo under the cab window, the loco had another 9 years ahead... (more)