The day after April Fool's Day and CN had this little surprise present itself, DMIR 400 and DMIR 404 leading a pellet train back to Two Harbors from the Minorca taconite plant. The two former Miss... (more)

A duo of DMIR units and a trio of Dash 8s power 145 loads of steaming taconite pellets and get the 610-axel train back up to speed after coming off the CN Missabe Sub and onto the CN Iron Range su... (more)

Fresh pellet steam wisps off of the loaded taconite cars as Canadian National's U717 snakes its way out of the departure tracks at the Fairlane Taconite Plant in Forbes, Minnesota. A trio of class... (more)

An AC4400 leads a southbound Canadian Pacific oil train as it crests the hump outside of Alexandria, Minnesota on the Detroit Lakes Subdivision. The train is almost to Glenwood, where is will get ... (more)

DMIR 404 leads ore loads South.

DMIR 215 rests in Virginia while the lead units work the yard.

A pair of BN SD40-2s lead the Kelly Lake local West past a searchlight

A single GE B30-7 works the grain elevators along the Hiawatha Line in the Longfellow suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota on the Minnesota Commercial's Job 17. The crew has just pulled a cut of cars ... (more)

Oops! The hostler crew had a little trouble at BN's former GN engine facilities at Harrison St. in Minneapolis when SDP40 appeared to split a switch during an engine move. Only the rear truck dera... (more)

The hostler crew had a little trouble at BN's former GN engine facilities at Harrison St. in Minneapolis when SDP40 appeared to split a switch during an engine move. Only the rear truck derailed.

Local railfans know that if you get enough of a NW wind and no trains for a few hours on main 1, luck just might be on your side here. Said luck showed up on this March Saturday with a westbound H... (more)

Going back to Proctor yard with limestone empties.

BN 8 was BN's Fire Prevention Instruction Car and was used throughout the railroad. It is pictured here at Dale St. Shops in St. Paul. This was previously made and used by the Great Northern.

CN's L568 comes down the siding at the former DWP yard after meeting their northbound counterpart which is taking the signal on the other end of the yard to continue heading to Ranier, MN. DMIR 40... (more)

After doubling up their train back at Keenan yard, CN 2925 leads an all-rail taconite train down the main line beginning the trip for points much farther south.