Pulling containers up and over the Laurentian Divide on the CN Rainy Sub heading for Canada.

Pulling freight north along the CN Rainy Sub about to pass through the former DW&P yard at Virginia, MN as they head to Canada.

Before the influx of AC44C6M's into CN's ore pool in NE Minnesota, these three veterans were part of that pool moving iron ore from the taconite plants to the ore docks. On this day it was a surpr... (more)

Southbound freight up and over the Laurentian Divide on the CN Rainy Sub.

Northbound freight up and over the Laurentian Divide on the CN Rainy Sub.

After cresting the Laurentian Divide north of Virginia, MN along the CN Rainy Sub it's technically all downhill to Canada for these containers.

CN 8018's face lights up as a northbound freight approaches at track speed while on the way to Canada.

Coke loads from Roseport, MN heading to Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada are running at track speed along the CN Rainy sub about to climb up and over the Laurentian Divide in a couple miles as they tr... (more)

BLE 909, IC 6256 and IC 6260 rock, sway and bounce along the CN Rainy sub at Virginia, MN while in route to Winnepeg with a lengthy A439 that was made up in Proctor, MN. Weird to see these units... (more)

The former DW&P Depot near the end of Chestnut Street in Virginia, MN basks in the evening sun on the shore of Silver Lake. The three-story depot was built in 1913 on pilings and concrete and made... (more)

CN 8018, CN 8851 and CN 5782 idling away the night on the head end of a Herzog ballast train parked on the siding here at Virginia, MN.

Now with a fresh crew on board, CN 8018 waits for traffic to pass by on the main here at S. Virginia. The Herzog ballast train will drop the rock along the CN Iron Range Sub once they get moving.... (more)

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

Some spring snow is falling as a northbound ballast train rumbles north on the CN Rainy sub.

After dumping limestone at the Minorca mine, a trio of BLEs finally get favorable signals to leave and head back to Proctor, MN and the yard.