Having left Keenan yard and getting on the CN Iron Range sub its now off to switch loads for empties at Dyno Nobel on a nice morning.
GTW 6223 doing some switching chores on the south end of CN's Keenan Yard.
The Keenan local, R901, coming back to their namesake yard with the usual empty tanks from a blasting company they serve along the CN Iron Range sub.
The two local jobs, one from Keenan yard doing work spotting boxcars for storage and then serving a blasting company, and the other from Two Harbors bringing interchange to Keenan yard cross paths... (more)
A light snow falls as GTW 6223 leads back to Keenan yard after switching hoppers at the U.S. Steel Minntac taconite plant.
Heading back to Keenan yard after finishing their work spotting boxcars and switching loads for empties at a blasting company.
Spotting boxcars for storage in the yard at Biwabik.
The Keenan switch job pulling a ballast undercutting and cleaning machine from the small yard at Mountain Iron and bringing it back to Keenan yard.
After spotting their boxcars onto the storage tracks with the others already there, the crew of the R901 job gives a roll by to the crew of the L594 job which is coming up from Two Harbors with so... (more)
The Keenan local job brings in some more boxcars for storage here at Biwabik. Along with the boxcars they also have some tank cars on the tail end of their train which they spot at a local blasti... (more)
The Keenan local rounds the bend on the running track with a cut of boxcars the crew will tie down and leave here in storage.
Friday the 13th finds R901 rolling through the fall colors as they head towards Biwabik with boxcars for storage.
After heading out earlier in the day, IC 3110 and 3123 head back to Keenan Yard after switching loads for these empties at a local explosives plant.
The Keenan local crew comes up the former DMIR Hinsdale branch empty handed after their paperwork numbers didn't match the cars being stored at the former Erie Mining property, so they were told t... (more)
CN 3000 leads an all-rail taconite train down from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant on a nice afternoon.