A trio of standard cab Dash 8's roll out their final miles before retirement. CN 2004, 2040 and 2010 have a train of empties well in hand as they roll north on the approach to Ramshaw in Iron Junc... (more)

Snow falls as the Dash 8s descend the hill from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant with fresh made iron ore pellets that are bound for steel mill at some point in their future.

Union Pacific, UP 9277 N/B garbage train at 21st Street in Tacoma, WA on April 11, 2003 with UP 4745 & 4755. Storm clouds to the southwest with downtown Tacoma in the background.

After dumping iron ore pellets at CN's dock 6, CN 2040 leads the way back up Proctor Hill with brand new ore cars in tow as they go back to the yard at Proctor.

At the time these were three of the remaining six Dash 8s still working for CN hauling iron ore as they are making their way north on the Iron Range Sub through the fall foliage as they go up to U... (more)

Gloomy skies add a fitting touch to the few remaining work horses of a by-gone era as they await their turn for the scrapper.

CNW 8535 approaches Bill, Wyoming with an empty coal train on a beautiful day in May of 1991. CNW's GE's looked good when new, but quickly faded to a pale yellow. Train crews could outnumber the p... (more)

In the twilight of the careers on the Iron Range and in CN's ore pool, a trio of Dash 8s move iron ore pellets south for the dock at Two Harbors, MN while passing through what was once the busy ar... (more)

After an evening thunderstorm, it's all calm now as ground fog shrouds CN 2212 while they dump ore at United Taconite.

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)

Pan Am Railways C40-8 7523, 7489, 7635 heading into the yard to make up their train.

GMTX 215 pulls some tank cars brought down by Lancaster & Chester train 10 through the ADM Soybean Processing Plant in Kershaw - This ADM plant will shut down by the end of May this year

Lancaster & Chester train 12 entering Chester Yard Limits

It's no surprise, those trains must be easier to control when empty as they can weight up to 12 000 tons for a 3000 feet train. A real brick!

We managed to find a lone thunderstorm here, and all hell broke loose for about 15 minutes. Lucky for us, this Minntac load showed up afterward. Steam from the cold bath covers the tracks as the t... (more)