When CN started to bring in replacement power on the former Missabe, this unit was the first to come in and that was back in 2004. Still going strong in 2010, the CN 6021 rolls thru some early mo... (more)

DM&IR leads loads from Minntac around the curve at Highland Lake where this crew will die on hours. A new crew is called and will take the train over the scale and begin the decent down to Two Ha... (more)

Go towards the light! With frost on the ties and vegitation and fog in the air, a matched trio of SD40-3's head east into the sun, which has just cracked the horizon on a crisp fall morning. Th... (more)

A matched trio of SD40-3's break the silence of a crisp fall morning as they roll thru a frosty Biwabik yard with their train of steaming taconite pellets bound for Two Harbors, MN.

Passing through the colorful man-made hills of past mining activity, a colorful consist of reds and oranges lead steaming taconite pellets through Gilbert on a frosty fall morning.

Oh man the colors. The colors. DM&IR 404, B&LE 909, and DM&IR 405 blend into the fall colors of the hillside at Highland Lake as they pass by with loads from Minntac aiming forTwo Harbors and the... (more)

With some remaining frost yet visible from a cool night, a colorful trio of SD40-3's lead steaming iron ore pellets from Minntac through Biwabik on a perfect Sunday morning.

DM&IR 407 and two other SD40-3's lead steaming pellets from Minntac southward through Biwabik on their way towards Two Harbors. No really!

Three Death Stars and one hundred twenty ore cars roll southbound down the Iron Range Sub heading for Two Harbors with taconite pellets from U.S. Steel Minntac.

The Illinois Central 6253 leads two other SD40-3's and 120 empty ore cars through Wolf, MN. They're just coming off main two of the Missabe Subdivision and entering the start of the Minntac Subdi... (more)

The Illinois Central 6253 leads two other SD40-3's and 120 empty ore cars through what was once a somewhat busy natural ore staging yard near Sparta, MN as the shadows of late afternoon creep acro... (more)

One hundred twenty empty ore jennies under the leadership of Illinois Central 6250 pass by the former signal and switch leading to Eveleth Taconite's Thunderbird South crusher and loadout area on ... (more)

Three units power a train of new ore cars through the woods of northern Minensota.

The last Missabe maroon SD40-3 on the CN active roster still thrills most Missabe fans when it's called to lead. This day was no exception as it's photographed leading 115 loads of steaming tacon... (more)

On a clear northern Minnesota day, another train of fresh baked taconite pellets heads for Two Harbors, MN under the leadership of DM&IR 403 with sisters DM&IR 408 and DM&IR 401. A quad set of ba... (more)