A cold crisp and refreshing....photo depicting a train descending down from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant loaded with fresh taconite pellets that are still steaming away.

After a mechanical failure with some conveyor belting at Two Harbors, CN 2028 was told to wye the train at Allen Jct. and come back and now they are coming off the CN Iron Range sub using the east... (more)

Barking along the CN Iron Range sub with taconite pellets in tow, a trio of Dash 8's greet the early morning sun.

Down from Minntac and now making the turn at Iron Jct. west wye for Two Harbors, MN

A BLE duo pulls taconite rock south on the CN Missabe sub.

After loading pellets at Minntac, the crew was told to spike their train down here at Biwabik and wait for the van as a major weekday track project near Two Harbors on the Iron Range Sub prevents ... (more)

A cold refreshing image back when it was below zero and code blue on New Year's Day compared to the 90 degrees with a dew point at 72 degrees on this last day of spring in NE Minnesota.

A trio of Dash 8's navigate the S curve leading into N. Biwabik on a nice spring morning.

A trio of former CNW standard cabs lead 145 cars of taconite pellets south in the early morning hours on a late spring day.

A little distortion from the locomotives somewhat hides the fact they are pulling hard on this northbound pellet train at N. Biwabik. Normally this a southbound move to Two Harbors with the loads ... (more)

Gliding along with steaming taconite pellets in tow.

After a quick trackside crew change, CN 2028, with its 145 cars of steaming taconite pellets in tow, responds to the engineer's throttle commands and starts pulling for Two Harbors.

Heading south happens several times a day but heading north on the CN Iron Range sub with steaming pellets is rare. Due to a conveyer belt malfunction this train was rerouted to Proctor, MN inste... (more)

A northbound container train just clears in time to not cast a shadow on the southbound pellet train as they are about to take a right turn and head for Two Harbors with these loads from the Minnt... (more)

Steaming pellets rounding the bend as they come down from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant on a bitter cold afternoon never gets old.