Rumbling and bumbling along over the steel bridge crossing the Whiteface River at Kelsey, MN bound for Proctor yard.

Nearing peak fall as CN's T-Bird mine shuttle of crude ore from the mine slows to make the turn into the plant site.

Former CEFX AC4400CW 1058 now rebuilt to NS AC44C6M 3993 leads 279 west along the New Albany floodwall.

Overcast, cold, windy and stick season in NE Minnesota as an iron ore train rolls along the CN Iron Range Sub on the deer hunting opener eve.

Making their set-outs and pick-ups at CN's Keenan yard, CN 3329 is calling for signals to head south down to Proctor yard.

An iron ore hauler comes by at track speed passing some colorful TTX boxcars in storage at Allen Jct, MN.

A cold afternoon with the shadows creeping out as CN 3347 leaves the U.S. Steel Minntac property with hot iron ore.

Running through the dip between N. Fairbanks and S. Fairbanks, CN 3316 is about to trip the crossing gates at Fairbanks, MN as the trip to Two Harbors, MN continues.

Usually, a pair of SD60s or SD40-3s will power this train but today was a pair of AC44C6Ms sandwiching a pair of 60s as local train L568 from Ranier, MN to Proctor yard gets up to track speed afte... (more)

A light snow falls as U717 is all loaded up and pulling out of the United Taconite Fairlane plant for the trip back to Proctor yard.

Slowing to make the left turn onto the Iron Range Sub at Iron Jct west wye for the trip back to CN's facilities at Two Harbors, MN.

Another taconite train heads north crossing over the Ramshaw diamond on the way to load.

An empty limestone heads back south after delivering the product to the Minntac taconite plant overnight.

With the heavy snow tapering off, the wind dying down and the track inspector safely tucked away on the running track, CN 3337 comes by at track speed with 145 carloads of iron ore for CN's yard a... (more)

Iron ore begins the trip south on the CN Iron Range Sub by crossing Highway 7.