Coming up from Two Harbors having just crossed over the Ramshaw diamond and about to come off the Iron Range Sub, CN 2032 is going to Minntac to loads iron ore pellets on a dreary fall afternoon. ... (more)
In honor of Star Wars Day, A Deathstar leading a T-Bird on a gloomy November afternoon.
On this Star Wars Day, a flashback to February when a Deathstar was leading two other IC units pushing a Jordan plow along the CN Iron Range Sub.
On this Star Wars Day, a flashback to February when a Deathstar was leading a T-Bird.
The snowless winter. DMIR 404 leads back to Proctor after dumping limestone at the U.S. Steel Minntac plant. CN uses these DMIR Difco side dumps in cold weather months to help the dumping of produ... (more)
The CN Missabe sub has mostly northbound freight headed for Canada and southbound moves from the mines to Proctor yard.
A light fog still hangs in the early morning air as the sun catches the nose of L568 rounding the curve.
Heading south for Two Harbors, MN as the last light of the day casts an orange glow on the western horizon.
Shoving back into Keenan yard after making a run to Dyno Nobel to switch loads for empties.
With sunset coming ever closer, a couple of EMDs pulling 94 cars of ore now has a fresh crew on board and away they go.
With one of its longest trains in a while, IC 6264 is pulling into CN's Keenan Yard with 7k feet of train trailing behind. Generally, this train brings up a few tank cars, a few loaded centerbeam... (more)
Iron ore pellets head south for Proctor yard while freight heads north for Canada seen here along the CN Missabe sub on a nice spring afternoon.
Iron ore pellets head south for Proctor yard on a nice spring afternoon.
Iron bearing rock passes through Iron Jct. as they head down to United Taconite's processing plant from the mine.
BLE 900 heads south on the CN Missabe sub with taconite pellets for Proctor while a freight heads north for Canada.