A little sun catches the nose of this southbound iron ore train with some steam wafting off the warm pellets and fall color showing as they glide along the Iron Range sub.

Same location, same wet and foggy weather, another rebuilt GE pulling another train of steaming pellets from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant headed towards CN's yard and dock facilities at Two Harbors,... (more)

Still hot and steaming iron ore pellets head for Two Harbors behind two big GE AC44C6M units and 145 ore cars making up 592 axels traveling along as a light mist falls across the area.

At the time these were three of the remaining six Dash 8s still working for CN hauling iron ore as they are making their way north on the Iron Range Sub through the fall foliage as they go up to U... (more)

There was four tunnelmotors (DMIR 409, DMIR 406, DMIR 405 and DMIR 404) pulling the miscellaneous road freight north coming up from Two Harbors to Keenan. There was a Herzog ballast train heading... (more)

A bluebird weather day on this Monday morning as Minntac marbles glide along behind two AC44C6Ms that are pulling them south on the CN Iron Range Sub aiming for the dock at Two Harbors, MN.

A foggy afternoon on the CN Iron Range Sub with fresh GEs pulling fresh ore cars on the move to the Minorca mine for loading.

Sometimes there is more action in the sky than on the rails.

Coming through blue hour on a winter day.

Coming around the curve awash in fall color the R901 job heads back to Keenan Yard.

Quietly gliding along the CN Iron Range Sub these rebuilt GE's and new ore cars are much stealthier than the SD40's and the cars they used to pull through here but it's the red CN nose that makes ... (more)

Quietly moving along the CN Iron Range Sub for loading at the U.S. Steel Minntac plant which is still a little under an hour way yet. These new ore cars and the rebuilt GE's are much quieter, alm... (more)

CN's L594 job from Two Harbors, MN up to Keenan yard is running away from the sun on this cold afternoon as they are making the return trip towards home.

Blowing off some steam and kicking up snow as they run track speed for Two Harbors, MN with these fresh made iron ore pellets from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant east loadout pocket.

A white winter wonderland landscape while the new rebuilds and the new ore cars are getting that used look to them already hauling taconite pellets from the mines down to the ore dock at Two Harbo... (more)