An empty lime train returns to Duluth MN.

DMIR SD40T-3 407 is starting to get pretty rough around the edges since its departure from its home shop at Proctor, MN. Here it is sitting idling between assignments at CN's Symington Yard in Win... (more)

As the weather makes a change, couple of DMIR’s sandwich a 2W idling at Thunder Bay North awaiting a new yard crew to come on duty.

A variety of paint schemes and different types units occupy Port Arthur yard with road power to the right awaiting an evening run westward, and yard power to the left switching out Canada Malt loa... (more)

A pair of DMIR tunnel motors pass under Central Ave. arriving at Port Arthur yard to begin the evening switch of Viterra and Canada Malt on the Thunder Bay waterfront.

A pair of tunnel motors switch Canada Malt on the shores of Lake Superior.

DMIR 407 heads to Thunder Bay North with a transfer.

DMIR 407 + CN 9581 head down the Mission Spur crossing the CP Westfort industrial lead. The massive Resolute Mill provides the backdrop

DMIR SD40T-3 407 is a bit lost, but appears to be in Winnipeg, MB to stay. It's been outfitted with remote control software for switching duties in Symington Yard.

Where does the time go. I was going to say something old, something new, but what is new is now old, and pretty much gone. A pair of DMIR SD45-2T tunnel motors (SD40-3s) surround their ancestor, m... (more)

A week ago it was clear and minus 40 degrees and now today, a week later, it's overcast with a light rain falling and 37 degrees as DMIR 407 runs track speed towards Two Harbors no longer under th... (more)

A recently loaded train is ready to depart Thunderbird Mine.

The first significant snow event of the season is well underway here on Minnesota's Iron Range. Train crews are running and the railroad's support staff is helping out as much as they can to keep... (more)

A quartet of tunnels chugs past the searchlights protecting the south switch at Biwabik with an empty string of jennies bound for Minntac.

A switch crew uses a four-unit road set to position empty ore cars into the outgoing yard at Two Harbors while the CN-owned 1000-footer Edgar B. Speer takes on a load of Minntac pellets.