Whether it be by river or rail the tonnage always seems to be moving along here. As a towboat is pushing barges a UP freight train rumbles eastbound underneath the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood and... (more)

A trio of maroon and gold from the Twin Cities and Western wait for a signal to proceed through the Minnesota Commercial yard on the way to the CP Pig's Eye yard and the UP yard in St. Paul.

Another train of waste course tailings heads up to the basin with a blue NSM logo pushing in DPU mode.

A short train of chips and fines (broken taconite pellets) comes down the Missabe Sub. from the Minorca mine. At today's prices nothing is left to waste.

Coming down from U.S. Steel Minntac with 141 loads of steaming taconite pellets, IC 6252 prepares for the shove and will yard the train in Keenan before eventually going down to Proctor with them.

Frost on the grass and steam in the air as DM&IR 407 leads 141 loads of taconite pellets from Minntac's east load-out pocket to the yard at Proctor, MN on a crisp early fall morning.

Sitting in the small yard on a Saturday morning doing nothing much at all.

The crew smokes it up as they travel along the shore of Lake Superior and the lakewalk passing under the historic Fitgers brewery on their way out of town bound for Two Harbors.

Splitting the signals for the tailings basin, the 1100 loads only have a few miles left before they are at the yard and plant at Silver Bay with their loads of rock to keep the plant running makin... (more)

One of the Erie Mining company's F9(A) units and three B units seen in better days when they were used to haul cars of pellet remains and fines after workers cleaned out the Taconite Harbor dock. ... (more)

Hauling 642 axels and close to 10,000 tons of rock down from the mine at Babbitt to the plant at Silver Bay, the NSM 657 navigates the S curve at M.P. 5 under fall colors as they continue to roll ... (more)

The once a week BNSF Kelly Lake local is about to roll off the CN Keenan Sub. and will pass through CN Keenan yard shortly then up the CN Missabe Sub then northbound on the CN Rainy Sub. with a sh... (more)

The orange nose of B&LE 904 blends in nicely to the all fall color of northern Minnesota.

The conductor looks out the window only to see three RP. Net contributing photgraphers standing on the bank of a small river just south of Allen Jct. MN waiting for them.

Having some engine issues with the original leader, the crew stopped here at Wales to wye the power and now are underway again and will continue on back to the Iron Range with ore cars in tow.