Pulling through the yard at Biwabik, MN with iron ore from the east loadout at U.S. Steel's Minntac plant.

An empty ore train rolls along under some evening light that's hampered by some Canadian wildfire smoke.

CN 8018, CN 8851 and CN 5782 lead a Herzog ballast train down the CN Iron Range Sub main here at Biwabik, MN.

It's an early morning while Canadian wildfire smoke covers the area at 0630 as CN 2263 pulls 102 empty all matched CN grain cars that the crew will put into storage on the Hinsdale branch.

Pellet loads from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant glide down the Iron Range sub at Biwabik, MN.

DMIR 406 and sister DMIR 409 pull cars loaded with iron ore pellets through the yard at Biwabik, MN on the way down to Two Harbors, MN and the dock. The pellets came from the idled Minorca mine. ... (more)

In honor of Star Wars Day, here's IC 6260 on the headend of a string of ore cars being loaded on the siding at Biwabik, MN. These loads are the result of reclaimed taconite pellets that were suck... (more)

CN 3338 is the DPU on these ore loads pushing through S. Biwabik as they travel to Two Harbors, MN.

After a meet with a northbound, CN 3318 is ramping back up to track speed to pull these iron ore loads down to the yard at Two Harbors for stockpile until the shipping season resumes.

The DP from an east loadout at Minntac hits N. Biwabik as it heads south for Two Harbors, MN while a northbound empty sits in the siding giving the roll-by before proceeding.

A trio of standard cab Dash 8's are moving right along as they take control of a train of steaming pellets bound for Two Harbors. The standard cab Dash 8 era on the Iron Range ended not long after... (more)

Pulling through the yard at Biwabik, MN these taconite pellets are heading for the shore of Lake Superior at Two Harbors, MN.

Swinging around the corner off the old DM&N grade and onto the former grade of the D&IR, U791 hits N. Biwabik on the modern-day CN Iron Range sub heading for Two Harbors at 1700 hrs. on a cold win... (more)

The U791 is stopped at m.p. 59 on the CN Iron Range sub as U788 approaches on the siding which will stop briefly to allow a student engineer to get off then climb on the southbound loads for the t... (more)

Breaking trail and taking the siding at Biwabik for a meet with taconite loads already waiting on the main.