Cold temps and clean snow make clean power and steaming pellets look good as the train travels along the CN Missabe sub heading back to Proctor, MN.

A little sucker hole illuminates U788 north as they cross over the Ramshaw diamond.

Passing Iron Jct. on the way to Ranier, MN with mixed freight.

Southbound taconite bearing rock meets northbound freight at Iron Jct. along the double track section of the CN Missabe Sub.

Usually, L594 from Two Harbors to Keenan yard is a relatively short train made up a few cars and some engines being shuffled to Proctor shops for servicing, but on this day, it was also pulling a ... (more)

A CN freight rolls down the Rainy sub as it crosses over the Iron Range sub at the Ramshaw diamond.

Pulling U.S. Steel made iron ore pellets south down the Missabe Sub for Proctor yard.

The Keenan Switch crew is pulling 50 ore cars from the yard and going up to the idled Minorca mine to spot them for loading from the pellet pile on the plant site.

With the conductor back on the train it's time to tone up RTC and get signals for the trip north to Ranier, MN with the rest of the transfer from Proctor yard.

Leaving Keenan yard on the way to spot hoppers at Gross-Nelson to be loaded with crushed rock.

UP 6666 leads coke loads north at Virginia, MN on a nice afternoon. The train is coming through the former DW&P yard at track speed for the climb up and over the Laurentian Divide.

UP 6666 powers north along the CN Missabe Sub with the first of the season train of coke loads bound for Thunder Bay.

Well, that's neat. A trio of DMIR 40's shove a rather lengthy L567 into Keenan yard for an end of train set out before continuing to head north with a destination of Ranier, MN. The crew that made... (more)

Well, that's neat. A trio of DMIR 40's bring a rather lengthy L567 to a slow roll as they prepare for an end of train set out at Keenan yard before continuing to head north with a destination of R... (more)

Returning back to Keenan yard with 6 DME hoppers after switching the commercial yard at the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.