With taconite pellets steaming enroute to Two Harbors, DMIR 409 leads a load at Ramshaw.

CN 8898 leads a mixed freight through the woods of northern Minnesota along the CN Rainy Sub for points south.

A signal protecting the CN Iron Range Sub at the Ramshaw diamond indicates a northbound train is coming back from Two Harbors and it's clear to cross the CN Rainy Sub.

The engineer throttles up his 4 EMD's and accelerates 145 cars of taconite pellets continuing the trip that started at the ArcelorMittal Minorca mine and will end at the yard at Two Harbors.

DMIR 404 and crew hustle ore loads from U.S. Steel, Minntac along the CN Iron Range Sub at Ramshaw on a great summer morning heading for the docks at Two Harbors, MN.

Code line and taconite pellets. DMIR 404 leads a EMD quartet and 144 cars of taconite pellets out of Iron Jct. and onto the CN Iron Range Sub heading for Two Harbors, MN with their product made ... (more)

A quad set of power brings empties from Two Harbors banging across the Ramshaw diamond as they head north to load taconite pellets at the Minorca mine before returning back to Two Harbors.

The meeting place between ore and freight. The Ramshaw diamond is the crossroads between the CN Iron Range Sub and the CN Rainy Sub and it sees a lot of traffic on any given day. The IR Sub is the... (more)

25+ coal loads for Colby have this fresh looking SD60 on its knees at Ramshaw as they thunder towards Allen Jct.

Southbound stacks on the former DWP about to cross the former Missabe at Ramshaw.

Another long CN land barge rolls southbound down the CN Rainy Subdivision crossing the CN Iron Range Division at the Ramshaw diamond. Some interesting "heritage units" assist the leader in making... (more)

A cold morning makes for some thick fog at daybreak.

The first official below freezing temperature reading of the fall season brings some heavy early morning fog to Minnesota's Iron Range as a train bound for Minntac to load Blast Furnace Trim (BFT)... (more)

No reflection shots will be had today. A stealthy and healthy Q-116 quietly rolls along the still snow covered landscape of northern Minnesota as the white stuff continues to fall.

DM&IR 403 leads 145 loads of pellets from the Minorca mine back to Two Harbors just before crossing the Ramshaw diamond during the last light of the day.