It's Easter Sunday and the colors of CN stand out against the early spring landscape of northern Minnesota as 135 loads of taconite pellets roll southbound down the Iron Range Subdivision for Two ... (more)

Illinois Central 6251 makes it's way across the Iron Range as the sun makes it's way over the horizon. This train will head to U.S. Steel Minntac for loading the 135 trailing cars with taconite p... (more)

MRF bound for Keenan rattles across the new diamond, in which the Missabe's Iron Range Sub crosses the DWP's Rainy Sub.

More snow for northern Minnesota! An empty BFT (Blast Furnace Trim) train with the very old DM&IR regular side ore cars rolls north on the Iron Range Sub about to cross the Ramshaw Diamond with t... (more)

The MRF returns from Two Harbors with five cars of product from switching out the Louisiana Pacific board plant on the outskirts of town. They will head into Keenan Yard to pick up more cars befo... (more)

It's a good day when you can bag the last Missabe tunnel motor in maroon leading, with sun and steaming pellets trailing. Today was that day. B&LE 900 and DM&IR 407 are along to help out in pull... (more)

A trio of SD40's pull hard on the loads of taconite pellets as they begin the trip south on the CN Iron Range Subdivision bound for Two Harbors. I.C 6251, DM&IR 405 and I.C. 6252 with the honors ... (more)

A west loader bound for Minntac is coming through Ramshaw on a great spring day that has barely a cloud in the sky. The nice day would soon end for this crew though when after arriving at Minntac... (more)

Baby it's cold outside--still. Made more evident by the steam coming of these hot taconite pellets from the Minorca mine as the tempurature hangs around 5 degrees. If you look between the poles... (more)

Another day another colorful consist courtesy of CN. DM&IR 407 with its faded nose leads 138 cars of steaming pellets from Minntac towards Two Harbors on a cold Minnesota day.

An empty ore train from Two Harbors is about to cross the CN Rainy Subdivision at Ramshaw as they continue their trip to Minntac. Love the fact the clean engine is leading as that CN red really st... (more)

The snow is getting deep in northern Minnesota this year made more evident by the plow action on the Illinois Central 6250 as they head to Two Harbors with fresh taconite pellets from Minntac.

A monster CN land barge breaks the silence as they emerge from between the snow covered trees while coming down the CN Rainy Subdivision from Canada.

CN 6021 comes back from Two Harbors and is about to cross the CN Rainy Sub at Ramshaw pulling empties for loading at the Minntac East pocket. Then they turn and burn back to Two Harbors.

CN 6264 comes back from loading off Minntac West and is about to cross the CN Rainy Sub at Ramshaw with steaming pellets bound for Two Harbors .