A trio of Canadian National Dash 8's lead loaded taconite train U789 as climbs the light grade through the South Fairbanks control point on the Iron Range Subdivision in Fairbanks, Minnesota. With... (more)
Descending from Minntac with 145 iron ore loads in tow while snow falls across the landscape.
Southbound at Fairbanks, MN with iron ore and 32 more miles to go heading down for Two Harbors, MN.
Back in late October 2023 these two C40-8s were part of a deadline at Proctor along with other dash 8s that were being moved off site. Late February 2024 found them back at Proctor and being readi... (more)
A few minutes and a few miles into the trip back to Two Harbors with iron ore from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.
An unusual winter that saw very little snow fall across NE Minnesota, today was an exception rather than the norm with heavy snow falling as CN 2016 takes the siding at Biwabik for a meet.
Limestone loads headed for Fairlane move north by the old Saginaw depot along CN's Missabe Sub in the late evening. A look at photos previous to my visit showed that there was no Saginaw sign on t... (more)
A sextet of geeps lead the TC&W's St. Paul turn back to Hopkins after interchanging with the UP in South St. Paul. This job typically rates 3-4 locomotives, but they brought over 100 cars down to ... (more)
With a trio of former IC SD40-3's, two now repainted, Canadian National's R901 crew makes a light power move from Proctor to Minntac where they will pick up a train of BFT loads. The train is seen... (more)
IC 6252 leads Ore loads around the corner at Munger MN. The bridge in the background is CN’s former DW&P Rainy Subdivision crossing the DM&IR Missabe Subdivision.
LTB85 returns to South St. Paul from Roseport with a quartet of SD40Ns for power. They are seen here north of Waterous while setting out the rear of their train in the Armour siding.
IC 6255 takes brand new ore cars under the former DWP at Munger, Minnesota, catching the last rays of light from a beautiful day.
A snow squall ensues as train 313 heads west into South Haven, where they will go into the siding to meet an eastbound.
An AC44 pushes the rear of the train into sunset.
Train 242 heads east through South Haven, while 313 departs west with CP 8634 pushing on the rear.
