Pulling out of United Taconite with 138 fully loaded ore cars bound for Proctor, MN.

On a cold February afternoon B&LE hoppers loaded with taconite pellets with CN and KSC power run down the CN Missabe sub eventually bound for New Orleans for loading in a boat to take to a Europea... (more)

Seconds after northbound traffic cleared on the CN Missabe Sub and the signal turned green, NS 4242 hit the lights and throttled up to begin moving 138 ore cars and with it the first test of NS's ... (more)

Giving a roll-by to a passing taconite train with a little steam cleaning thrown in for good measure.

Pushing on the rear of a unit train heading north on the CN Missabe sub. Always nice to see a foreign visitor in the midst of CN country.

Holding on Main One is GTW 4906 with their one car to switch the rod and ball track at the United Taconite Fairlane plant while CN 5337 runs by on Main Two headed for Proctor, MN with taconite pel... (more)

A matching pair of dash 8's wear CN's privatization anniversary logo working the T-Bird job hauling rock form the mine to the plant

Exhaust all around and KCS 5000 gets rolling again after a crew change. The lead unit and DPU exhaust is visible as is the U.S. Steel Minntac plant some 15 miles behind and where this train origi... (more)

A lite snow falls as DMIR 400 rattles the old Missabe era steel bridge on main 2 crossing over the mostly frozen St. Louis river as they head to Fairlane with taconite bearing rock from the mine.

A veteran workhorse who's been used hauling mostly mining related materials whether it be pellets or rock up and down the Missabe sub for decades continues to ply the rails.

A unit sand train led by CN 2180 pushes up the CN Missabe sub during a heavy snow event on the day before Christmas Eve 2020 or sometimes the day referred to as Festivus made popular by a 1997 Sei... (more)

No getting up at before the sun, no standing in lines, no coupons, no traffic (except for trains), no crowds, no masks. Black Friday CN style with IC 6251, one of the original heritage units, lea... (more)

A trio of former DMIR units pull these 114 DMIR cars down the Missabe sub passing this deer stand along the way.

Running up the CN Missabe sub from Proctor, MN in rain/snow/wind and just general gloom is CN 5430 and crew with a upcoming stop at CN Keenan yard to drop off some engines and cars and pick up som... (more)

Running down the CN Missabe sub with three IC units leading DMIR ore cars on a nice late fall afternoon.