It was a nice summer afternoon for a train photo and this trio of GE's happened along with 145 empty ore cars following along.

Running thru the snow covered landscape as the trip towards Two Harbors, MN continues.

Things are starting to green up around northeastern Minnesota. CN 2011 rounds the bend into some sun as the trek north continues from Two Harbors, MN to U.S. Steel's Minntac plant to load taconit... (more)

On a page taken, but altered slightly, from the U.S. Postal Service playbook that states "Neither snow, nor rain, nor gloom of night, stays this crew from the swift completion of their appoin... (more)

With snow falling, empties meet loads at Gilbert, MN on the CN Iron Range sub.

Snow falling and the hum of steel wheels on the rails.

Northbound on the running track at Sparta, IC 6253 pushes snow as the northbound trek from Two Harbors to U.S. Steel Minntac at Mountain Iron continues while heavy snow persists.

A trio of GE's ply the unseen rails pulling taconite loads as snow continues to fall across Minnesota's Iron Range.

Always nice to get Missabe era signals and engines together. On duty at 0100 in Two Harbors and arriving at U.S. Steel Minntac at 0500, they began loading at 0530 and finished the last car at 072... (more)

IC 6252 and DMIR 402 lead a misc. road freight up from Two Harbors heading to CN Keenan yard with concentrate loads from Northshore Mining and wood siding from the Louisiana Pacific plant. These ... (more)

A trio of GE's (CN 2039, 2033, 2013) and their empties take the siding at Jones in anticipation of meeting another trio of GE's (CN 2010, 2002, 2004) with their loads. GE's on the former Missabe r... (more)

A quad set of EMD's race north with their train travelling on the CN Iron Range Sub heading for U.S. Steel's Minntac taconite plant for loading.

Loads pulled by a trio of GE Dash 8's meet empties pulled by a quad set of EMD SD40-3's on the double track section of the CN Iron Range Sub at Gilbert. With both trains moving in opposite direct... (more)

A cold and windy day following the first significant snow of the season interacts with remaining color of the fall season that still hangs on across the landscape. The colors of CN add a little t... (more)

Loads meet empties.