CN 3853 about to duck under the Highway 37 overpass leading a heavy all-rail taconite train southward.

CN 5448 leads L568 into Virginia, MN on a nice afternoon.

A little red sticks out amongst a sea of yellow as CN 2028 rounds the bend.

Coming up from Two Harbors on the Iron Range sub to load at the U.S. steel Minntac plant as the sun rises over the landscape.

After bringing up limestone from Proctor to the Minntac plant, CN 2039 backhauls a 50-car train of crushed taconite rock (blast furnace trim) as they head back to Proctor.

A frosty fall morning as steaming pellets descend from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant bound for Two Harbors, MN.

CN 2016 heading north passing under a tree ablaze in fall color while heading to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant for the loading of taconite pellets.

Taking the right turn at Shelton Jct. off the CN Rainy Sub, CN 2010 now heads south on the CN Missabe Sub and in a few miles will take a left turn onto the CN Iron Range Sub at Iron Jct. heading f... (more)

A trio of pumpkins dodge clouds as they head back to Proctor.

The first snows of the season fall as some fall color hangs on across the landscape while a CN container train rolls north for Cananda.

Heading back from the Minorca mine to their yard at Kelly Lake, BNSF 2571 rumbles across the old steel bridge on the CN Keenan Sub.

Loaded up and pulling about to cross the CN Rainy sub at the Shelton Jct. diamond.

A nice summer afternoon and a train.

Another All-Rail taconite train loaded at U.S. Steel's Minntac plant make its way down the CN Missabe sub for points much further south than here in northern Minnesota.

Another steaming taconite train loaded at U.S. Steel's Minntac plant make its way south down the CN Missabe sub for Proctor yard on a cold just below freezing temperature morning here in northern ... (more)