The red signal indicates that there is nothing coming north from Two Harbors for a while, but all eyes were on the sky on this night.

Coming off the CN Missabe Sub at Iron Jct., CN 2025 turns east for the southbound trip down the yard at Two Harbors with taconite pellets.

Heading back to the mine for more taconite pellets.

Heading back to Proctor on a late fall afternoon after delivering limestone loads to the Minorca mine earlier in the day.

With the purge of the former UP/CNW Dash 8s from the ore pool on CN's roster beginning it was fitting that the GEs would take over where the Dash 8s did when they first arrived ala the T-Bird job.... (more)

Taconite pellets from Mountain Iron southbound for Convent, Louisiana.

Due to washout on the North Shore Scenic Railroad's Lakefront line, this train minus the CN 2033, was trapped at the depot in Two Harbors. Today, CN rescued it and is bringing it back home to Dulu... (more)

Rounding the curve onto the CN Iron Range sub with taconite pellets from the Minorca mine being led by two former Missabe SD40-3s and a trio of former CNW Dash 8s with 145 cars in tow for Two Harb... (more)

Late afternoon sun hits the nose of this northbound empty taconite train as the long winter shadows hit the ore cars.

Peaceful afternoon run from Proctor yard up to Minntac to load and then return back home to Proctor.

A cold and windy morning as CN 2041 pulls 145 ore cars across Highway 7 as they begin the trip back to Two Harbors.

Amid wildfire smoke from Canada and filtered sunlight from nature, CN 3023 sticks out with its still bright orange color in a nod to the EJ&E as it hauls limestone loads north on the CN (former DM... (more)

After hauling limestone up from Proctor to the Minntac mine, IC 6253 is backhauling 48 loads of chips and fines from the mine and shoving them into the yard at Keenan.

Heading south from the mine to the plant with rock that will be processed into taconite pellets.

DMIR 405 leading the way back to Proctor with taconite loads.