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.

One hundred and forty ore cars of iron ore pellets fresh out of the plant begin the trip back to Proctor yard.

A unit sand train heads north being pushed by CN 3914 while iron ore pellets head south led by CN 3306.

Southbound crude ore loads cruise past m.p. 65 on the CN Missabe Sub

NS 28N kicks up the snow as it heads south thru Lexington, NC.

153 crosses the massive trestle at Converse, SC on the Charlotte District

Crossing over the former Duluth Missabe and Northern (DM&N) then it was the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range (DMIR) and now it's the Canadian National (CN) bridge along the CN Iron Range Sub with a r... (more)

NS #8098 (Conrail heritage) leads past the dilapidated former Southern Railway depot in Limestone, TN with 2000' of garbage behind it.

NS #243 crosses the Saluda river behind the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia heritage unit at Saluda dam.

TAG during golden hour.

As the fog gets thinker the closer they get to the shore of Lake Superior, CN 3316 forges on and is passing a light from the days of the Missabe when there was a scale track located here for south... (more)

Loaded out and departing United Taconite, CN 3305 is a couple feet from entering the CN Missabe Sub for the trip back to Proctor yard with iron ore in tow.

The NS “Tag” locomotive leads the Reading Heritage locomotive through Newport,PA. This duo was a top lashup early in 2026!

CN 3304, a WABTEC AC44C6M, leads a northbound empty all rail ore train through Stanbury after descending a grade into the Namekagon River valley and crossing over the river and Hwy 63. The train w... (more)

NS 4722, BNSF 6066, & NS 3674 power eastbound loads.