Iron ore pellets fresh out of the furnaces of U.S. Steel Minntac's taconite plant steam as they head south for CN's yard at Proctor, MN.

Hot iron ore pellets continue their trip down to CN's yard and dock facilities at Two Harbors, MN on the shore of Lake Superior.

It's always nice to see two DMIR tunnels working albeit not much work is involved pulling one car.

Mud and stick season is evident as a trio of Dash 8's make their way north at the Ramshaw diamond continuing up to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant for loading.

Slowing up to take the left turn onto CN's Iron Range Sub for the trip down to Two Harbors, MN.

Limestone loads head north for delivery to the U.S. Steel Minntac taconite plant.

Returning empty back to CN's Proctor yard after delivering limestone to U.S. Steel's Minntac taconite plant.

DMIR 404 leads back to CN's Two Harbors yard with a couple of cars of freight and is taking the east leg of the wye at Iron Jct. to get onto the Iron Range Sub for the trip.

A little frost on the landscape as CN 3338 glides south on the Missabe Sub with rock from the mine to the United Taconite plant.

A pair of DMIR locomotives pull a few cars from CN's yard at Two Harbors and are nearing their end point at CN's Keenan yard on this frosty afternoon. They'll have to slow up a bit to allow this ... (more)

This northbound CN container train is the only color on the landscape on an otherwise dull day.

Keenan Job R901 heads out down the CN Iron Range Sub for Dyno Nobel, a blasting company serving the mines of NE Minnesota, to switch out empties and loads.

Had to head out to retrieve a bad order set-out and bring it back to CN's Keenan yard, GTW 6223 is close to completing the assignment as they come off the Iron Range Sub east wye and are a about a... (more)

CN's L594 from Two Harbors to Keenan yard crosses over a small creek and are almost to their destination to drop off two cars, pick up one and head back.

CN's L594 from Two Harbors to Keenan is coming off the Iron Range Sub on the Iron Jct. east wye.