Several of the new ore cars on a Two Harbors bound ore train from Minntac derailed as they rounded the corner from the Missabe Sub. to the Iron Range Sub. One of the power sets from the T-Bird tr... (more)

A loaded ore train bound for Two Harbors derailed a number of its new cars on the west wye switch at Iron Junction, causing a major disruption to traffic at the busiest junction in northeastern Mi... (more)

A sharp looking ex-C&NW/UP Dash-8 leads a loaded ore train out of the Minntac plant. Seven miles later this train would derail a number of its new ore cars on the west wye switch at Iron Junction.... (more)

Ore loads from US Steel's Minntac Plant are plowing the way towards Two Harbors.

Somewhere under all that steam is a fresh batch of taconite pellets heading Two Harbors.

A train with an SD60F, C40-8 and another SD60F pulling DM&IR ore cars is worth pulling off to the side of the road to shoot off a picture one would guess. Here is a U-789 returning from Two Harbo... (more)

A west loader bound for Minntac is coming through Ramshaw on a great spring day that has barely a cloud in the sky. The nice day would soon end for this crew though when after arriving at Minntac... (more)

One hundred thirty eight loads of fresh taconite pellets in shiny new ore cars steam their way down off the hill from U.S. Steel Minntac being lead by a trio of SD40-3's on the way to Two Harbors.

Another day another colorful consist courtesy of CN. DM&IR 407 with its faded nose leads 138 cars of steaming pellets from Minntac towards Two Harbors on a cold Minnesota day.

A nice/different trio of CN engines in the form of two SD60F's sandwiching a C-40-8 leads the old DM&IR ore cars north on the Iron Range Subdivision at Biwabik. Now a days one never knows what to ... (more)

The snow is getting deep in northern Minnesota this year made more evident by the plow action on the Illinois Central 6250 as they head to Two Harbors with fresh taconite pellets from Minntac.

A timeless classic on the Iron Range for every railfan that comes here to shoot train pictures. The Highway 169 overpass shot of steaming pellets coming down the hill fresh from the furnaces of U... (more)

Ore empty for Minntac rolls through heavy snow north of Two Harbors at Highland.

CN 6264 comes back from loading off Minntac West and is about to cross the CN Rainy Sub at Ramshaw with steaming pellets bound for Two Harbors .

After the heavy snows the sky clears out and the tempurature drops as the cold Canadian air moves in. An Illinois Central Deathstar leads 120 loads of steaming pellets down from the U.S. Steel Mi... (more)