Coming up from Two Harbors, CN 2039 runs through the Nugget control point on the CN Iron Range Sub as they travel to the Minntac mine to load iron ore pellets.

Low afternoon light greets the crew as they leave the yard at the plant, cross Highway 7 and to head back north to the mine to reload.

Providence and Worcester power 4052 , 4051, 4053 and 4050 sit tied down during National Train Day right outside New York & Atlantic Railway Yard in Queens.

Constant Comment Train. Due to planned track work on the MTA Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, Genesee & Wyoming's Providence and Worcester Railroad CHFP (Cedar Hill, CT-Fresh Pond, Quee... (more)

Taking the siding for a meet with iron ore loads.

Providence and Worcester power 4050 , 4053 , 4051 and 4052 sit tied down during National Train Day right outside New York & Atlantic Railway Yard in Queens.

A nice spring morning as an iron ore train rolls through the quiet landscape.

After departing the Minorca mine and dropping down the southside of the Laurentian Divide, CN 2031 next prepares for a meet at the former DW&P yard at Virginia before continuing on towards Two Har... (more)

CN 2029 leads U717, a hot load of taconite, against the morning sun at the Highway 33 overhead bridge in Saginaw, MN.

Loaded iron ore train from the Minorca mine to Two Harbors, MN slowly creeps down the siding at Virginia while a loaded sand train is full throttle gaining speed and momentum about to start the cl... (more)

Kicking off National Train Day 2024 at 0100, southbound iron ore loads wait for a northbound empty as they cross paths at Biwabik under some impressive aurora borealis taking place in the sky abov... (more)

CN 2039, about to take the signal at S. Biwabik, hauls iron ore pellets into the darkness on the trip back to Two Harbors while snow falls and swirls about.

CN 2025 departing Minntac with iron ore pellets for Two Harbors in the midst of peak fall color.

A trio of Dash 8s pull a string of brand spanking new ore cars up Proctor Hill after dumping iron ore pellets at CN dock 6.

Heading to the plant from the mine crossing over Elbow Creek south of Iron Jct. MN.