An early morning with wildfire smoke already visible in the air finds CN 2039 heading up the Minntac sub near m.p. 5 with empties that they'll start loading in about a half hour.

A little snow falling as this empty ID from Two Harbors heads for U.S. Steel Minntac to load the trailing ore cars.

A nice afternoon finds an empty ore train moving along.

Splitting the hills made from former mining activity, CN 2041 is coming north from Two Harbors amid peak fall colors.

The first snow of the season falls as an empty pellet ID heads north through Sparta heading to load at U.S. Steel Minntac.

A peaceful day with a train rolling through the white landscape.

Taconite loads rolling south for the yard at Two Harbors, MN

An afternoon on duty time out of Two Harbors has the crew passing thru Jones in the early evening as they make their way up to the U.S. Steel plant to load taconite pellets and a nocturnal return ... (more)

Dodging and ducking the clouds and hitting the sucker hole at the right time.

Due to congestion with train traffic ahead, CN 2116 is stopped at Sparta to wait it out before getting green signals after everything clears.

A trio of Dash 8s round the bend heading north with 145 empties for the U.S. Steel Minntac plant west loadout pocket before heading back south for home at Two Harbors.

A loaded taconite train from the Minntac plant gets a roll-by from the crew of the Keenan local job at Biwabik. The taconite pellets are headed to Two Harbors while the local will do their work a... (more)

A snowy trip for the entire 74 miles along the Iron Range Sub is coming to end as CN 2028 is about to cross Highway 7 turning north and getting on the CN Missabe Sub and then the CN Minntac Sub ar... (more)

Snow falling and the wind howling as a trio of dash 8s come crawling along the CN Iron Range Sub with 145 ore cars for loading.

Passing through some snow while the sun is shing, CN 2041 leads as they head up to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant to load taconite pellets.