Grinding the running track between Sparta and Jones along the CN Iron Range Sub.

Hot iron ore on cold fall afternoon.

A rolling fog bank follows as U789 cuts between two old mine dumps as they glide south down the CN Iron Range for CN's Two Harbors yard.

Horizontal snow driven by a cold winter wind and subzero temperatures surround as iron ore, still steaming from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant, rolls on down the line for CN's Two Harbors yard and d... (more)

After a meet at Biwabik with southbound loads, CN 3336 rolls around the curve at m.p. 65 on the Iron Range Sub as they head north to load their own 145 car train.

Empties heading north at track speed along the CN Iron Range Sub on a cold winter day.

Coming up the Iron Range Sub and headed to Keenan yard with some commercial traffic is DMIR 409 and sister DMIR 404.

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.