Restarting on a .42% grade here at Allen Jct, puts these old girls to the test. They show their age as they slowly get 13,000 tons of iron ore moving again after meeting an empty here. This loaded... (more)

This loaded ore train is about 3 miles to the end of their journey. The train came out of Minntac Mine near Mount Iron and is bound for Two Harbors and a boat. The engineer is dragging the brakes ... (more)

Moving along under the cover of fog.

CN C40-8 2007 leads ore empties North under a rainbow as they approach the signal at Jones.

Southbound loads swing south on the Missabe Sub in the morning sun.

An empty ore train out of Two Harbors is about 78 miles into their trip north to the Minntac Plant near Mountain Iron, MN. These trains make the 168 mile round trip to and from Two Harbors many ti... (more)

Freshly baked pellets and raw unprocessed ore meet at Cleveland-Cliffs Fairlane Processing Plant.

CN 2007 with some first light steaming pellets.

Taconite loads enter Proctor Yard.

Not much to see on this foggy morning as CN 2007, CN 2013 and IC 6254 roll 145 cars of taconite pellets along towards Two Harbors.

Barking along the CN Iron Range sub with taconite pellets in tow, a trio of Dash 8's greet the early morning sun.

CN 2007 leads a trio of GE C40-8s making good time up the grade from Two Harbors, MN at Highland Lake passing siding.The empty train is headed back to Minntac for a refill. CN 2007 was acquired by... (more)

Coming up from Two Harbors for a date with the Minorca mine loadout on a cold afternoon.

The wildfire smoke that plagued NE Minnesota during most of summer months has really tapered off and mostly cleared out now that fall has arrived with it's cool, clean air , blue skies and low lig... (more)

A trio of dash 8's and 145 ore cars of taconite pellets begin the trip down the CN Iron Range sub for Two Harbors, MN. coming off the CN Missabe sub at Iron Jct. west wye.