The dance between seasons as snow falls while the colors of fall hang on.

Just as the sun breaks over the eastern horizon, CN 2039 rumbles north with limestone loads for the Minorca plant.

Rumbling along on the way to U.S. Steel Minntac to load taconite pellets.

Repainted DMIR 404 leads a T bird South at Wolf.

CN C40-8 2025 leads ore loads South through Wolf.

A pair of SD40-3 rebuilds leads a GE C40-8 headed South towards Proctor with a loaded Taconite train out of the Thunderbird mine.

Moving from Main 1 over to Main 2, CN 2107 heads back to the mine while passing a mixed freight that's waiting for traffic to clear up ahead on the CN Rainy sub before they can themselves proceed ... (more)

Heading up the CN Minntac sub to load taconite pellets and passing a sleeping ballast cleaner along the way.

Back underway with favorable signals, CN 3008 rumbles along through Wolf with train A439 in tow from Proctor Yard to Symington (Winnipeg).

Running through the snow.

Slogging along the CN Missabe Sub as darkness sets in and snow is falling.

The rising sun catches the tops of the plumes of steam billowing out of the trio of C40-8's leading 145 empties for Minntac on a -34F degree morning.

Just ahead of an approaching cloud, BLE 906 and CN 5459 head north through Wolf, MN.

U.S. Steel Minntac made taconite pellets head to Proctor, MN behind DMIR 409. Just imagine how good her maroon paint would look in this low winter afternoon light.

A trio of CN C40-8s lead ore loads out of Minntac, approaching Wolf Junction.