CN 3847 is almost into Canada passing the bevy of security features at speeds of less than ten miles per hour on the single-track lift bridge, built in 1908, which crosses the Rainy River between ... (more)
CN 3233, Salute to Veterans, rounds the corner after just entering the U.S. at Ranier, MN on a frost covering everything morning while a northbound waits for a crew before crossing and heading int... (more)
A SW-10 pulling boxcars at the Packaging Corporation of America (PCA), Boise Paper division which has been making high-quality, dependable paper products for nearly 115 years. As an integrated pul... (more)
A trio of Dash 8s pulling 145 cars of still steaming pellets bound for Two Harbors. Another 30 seconds and this shot would have been blocked by a northbound all-rail taconite train that was headin... (more)
A classic EMD trio and Missabe ore cars carrying taconite pellets south to Proctor yard.
CN 5349 leads U716 north at Burnett.
A pair of Canadian Pacific GE's lead loaded oil train 580 as it swings around the bend on to the bridge over the frozen Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the Paynesville Subdivision. ... (more)
As DMIR 400 rattles over the Missabe era steel bridge over the still frozen Whiteface River, it's hard to tell this is the end of February with NE Minnesota's above average temps and below average... (more)
After waiting for a northbound container train to pass, DMIR 400 now has signals to head south out of the yard at United Taconite and begins the trip back to Proctor yard down the CN Missabe sub.
MNNR 43 leads empty lumber cars through Lauderdale MN.
MNNR 43 leads empty lumber cars through Roseville MN.
Just beating out the long shadows towards the end of the afternoon, an all EMD power set leads an empty limestone train down from the Minntac taconite plant and heads for Proctor.
Still a somewhat shiny new leader running down the CN Rainy Sub crossing the Ramshaw diamond as they head south.
More marbles from the Minntac taconite plant bound for Two Harbors.
