No reflection shots will be had today. A stealthy and healthy Q-116 quietly rolls along the still snow covered landscape of northern Minnesota as the white stuff continues to fall.

It's almost midnight and a light fog/rain/drizzle mix is in the air as a pair of signals protect the CN Iron Range Sub. at M.P. 66.3. In all types of weather, night or day they do their job.

A freshly loaded BNSF ore train begins it's trip south for Birmingham, Alabama on a cold spring afternoon in Minnesota. The train was loaded at U.S. Steel's Keewatin taconite plant (Keetac) which... (more)

A BNSF ore train heads south for Birmingham, Alabama from it's starting point here on Minnesota's Iron Range. The train was loaded at U.S. Steel's Keewatin taconite plant (Keetac) and is 125 cars... (more)

These signals came online in 1976 with the expansion of mining at the Thunderbird South pit of what was then called Eveleth Mines (now United taconite). The signals went dark when the pit ceased ... (more)

The Kelly Lake local makes a special and somewhat rare delivery consisting of one coal load to the Hibbing Public Utilities on a cold and snowy February morning. The utility burns bio-mass for the... (more)

Cold weather railroading at it's finest. It's -27 degrees below zero just before sunrise and the exhaust from the plant is hanging over the small yard while the crew is having issues loading their... (more)

The interior of former DM&IR C-97 (built in 1910) caboose looks pretty good for it's age, all things considered. When this caboose was being moved from Eveleth, MN to Chisholm, MN it had it's cup... (more)

A full moon illuminates the landscape and signals at S. Fairlane on the CN Missabe Sub. at 2330.

With winter seemingly hanging on forever in northern Minnesota, snow falls again as DM&IR 409 leads 135 empties northbound for loading at U.S. Steel Minntac before returning back to Proctor, MN tw... (more)

DM&IR 403 leads 145 loads of pellets from the Minorca mine back to Two Harbors just before crossing the Ramshaw diamond during the last light of the day.

The crew on board will probably need that broom for the switches when they arrive at the U.S. Steel Minntac taconite plant's commercial yard with 16 hoppers of bentonite clay and begin swapping lo... (more)

Heavy snow continues to fall as a CN land barge peeks it's nose out from the trees as it continues it's trek southbound on the Rainy Sub. near the Ramshaw diamond where they pound cross the CN Iro... (more)

Heavy snow continues to fall as a CN land barge continues it's trek northbound on the Missabe Sub. at N. Fairlane.

With a fresh crew on board and a track warrant given, the power comes to life and the loads of taconite pellets begin to roll again as they continue the southbound trip to Proctor, MN from Minneso... (more)