A Canadian National taconite pellet train is seen dumping loads on 1918-built Dock 6. This historic ore dock is located in Saint Louis Bay on Lake Superior. The train originated at the Fairlane pl... (more)

With tailings piles towering in the background, a pair of IC SD40-3's and a DMIR tunnel motor head south on the Rainy Sub through Virginia, Minnesota and are about to pass under the Route 169 over... (more)

Coming down from Ranier, MN with traffic for Keenan yard and then it's down to Proctor yard all while the snow flies.

After swapping out 46 loads at the Minorca taconite plant it's back to Proctor with these 46 empties.

IC 6256, CN 6018 and BLE 903 pull 46 empty ore cars used for limestone service back to Proctor after delivering 46 loads of said limestone up to the Minorca mine.

Repainted IC SD40-3 6256 leads a T-bird south through Iron Junction.

A trio of EMD's lead loaded ore train U717 south, knocking down the intermediate signal at 483 in Sax, Minnesota. Former IC SD40-3 6256 is in the lead, wearing some pretty warn CN paint.

A trio of CN SD40's are hard at work pulling a loaded train of iron ore taconite pellets alongside Center Line Road in Burnett, Minnesota. Steaming in the cold weather, these pellets are bound for... (more)

A trio of EMD SD40's leads iron ore train U717 as it heads towards Duluth, about to cross Sax Road in Sax, Minnesota.

Loaded iron ore train CN U717 crosses over the Whiteface River in Kelsey, Minnesota behind a trio of EMD's.

IC 6256 splits the signals at the Fairlane control point on the Missabe Sub as it leads a steaming train of taconite pellets south.

A trio of EMD SD40 locomotives haul U717 through the Control point at South Kelsey. The ore train pounded south on the mainline while a northbound manifest freight held in the siding.

A trio of classic EMD's haul a loaded iron ore taconite train as it comes through Iron Junction on CN's Missabe Sub.

A trio of classic EMD's are doing every bit of track speed on the CN Missabe Sub in Zim, Minnesota as they haul a heavy train of taconite pellets towards Duluth.

A trio of SD40 variants (leader being ex IC) bring ore loads south through Culver.