A trio of Dash 8s pull a string of brand spanking new ore cars up Proctor Hill after dumping iron ore pellets at CN dock 6.

Heading to the plant from the mine crossing over Elbow Creek south of Iron Jct. MN.

Crossing the St. Louis River on a nice spring morning.

Taking the curve around Highland Lake CN 2004, in charge of U791 which is iron ore pellets from the Minorca mine, will shortly begin the downgrade drop into Two Harbors which is 14 more miles ahea... (more)

I shot a lot of SP trains around Galesburg in the mid-90s. One thing I didn't get leading were these Colt Belt Dash 8s. Here, a pair of them lead a westbound SP train over the ATSF Chili Sub towar... (more)

Rumblin, bumbling and gurgling along with snow falling as a T-Bird train is moving crude ore from the mine to the plant.

Blasting around the curve at track speed CN 2004 is about to knock the signal down at Nugget while on the move back to Two Harbors with iron ore loads.

The mine at Minorca isn't as busy as the other 2 mines on the Range, but trains still come and go daily from this plant. A trio of C40's chug along as they pull a train of empties from Two Harbors... (more)

Loads out of Minntac are back on the Two Harbors Sub for the 70 or so miles back to their destination at Two Harbors. The train pokes around the Iron Jct Wye at 10 mph, before getting back up to s... (more)

Making the turn off the CN Missabe sub and about to enter the United Taconite property with loads of raw ore are two clean, 15-year anniversary artwork painted dash8s that were taken out of the CN... (more)

An empty ore train for loading at the Minorca mine heads north at Nugget along the CN Iron Range sub.

Empties at Two Harbors do not leave the way they came in. I believe that's due to the headroom issue at Two Harbors, loads are dumped and then shoved towards an outbound yard. Empties then depart ... (more)

Empties at Two Harbors do not leave the way they came in. I believe that's due to the headroom issue at Two Harbors, loads are dumped and then shoved towards an outbound yard. Empties then depart ... (more)

Restarting on a .42% grade here at Allen Jct, puts these old girls to the test. They show their age as they slowly get 13,000 tons of iron ore moving again after meeting an empty here. This loaded... (more)

This loaded ore train is about 3 miles to the end of their journey. The train came out of Minntac Mine near Mount Iron and is bound for Two Harbors and a boat. The engineer is dragging the brakes ... (more)