Oil cans roll down the Rainy Sub late afternoon on New Year's Eve.
After coming up the CN Missabe sub, doing the CN Minntac sub and then going up the CN Rainy sub to Minorca Jct., WC 300 is now plowing south down the CN Rainy sub about to cross the CN Iron Range ... (more)
It looks calm and pleasant, but it was a cold and windy day as temps were below zero and wind gusts were howling as these loads of taconite pellets make their way down to Two Harbors, MN.
Heading over the Ramshaw diamond, DMIR 402 and DMIR 404 have 181 cars behind them and are about to tie up traffic for a while as they come of the CN Iron Range Sub and cross Highway 7.
A trio of Dash 8's with one hundred forty-five loads of marbles destined for Two Harbors roll through peak fall color.
Coming up from Two Harbors on the Iron Range sub to load at the U.S. steel Minntac plant as the sun rises over the landscape.
Wildfire smoke in the air and wildflower color in the foreground, CN 2041 starts its way back down to the Two Harbors yard and dock.
Coming up from Two Harbors for a date with the Minorca mine loadout on a cold afternoon.
Coming over from Two Harbors with two ore pool units and some interchange traffic that will be dropped off at Keenan yard before heading back.
Having just crossed over the CN Rainy sub at the Ramshaw diamond, CN 2029 continues north on the CN Iron Range sub until they enter the CN Missabe sub at Iron Jct shortly then head north to the C... (more)
Just onto the CN Iron Range sub, CN 2039 continues the trip back towards Two Harbors with 145 ore cars loaded with pellets from the Minorca mine.
Mixed freight coming down from Canada.
Grizzled veterans with their faded paint and well-seasoned rough looks still preforming under the CN umbrella.
Heavy snow is falling as CN 2040 makes it's way north having just crossed over the Ramshaw diamond in route to the Minorca Taconite plant for loading.
Coming up from Two Harbors crossing over the CN Rainy sub at Ramshaw continuing the trek north for loading at U.S. Steel Minntac.
