Heading back from Two Harbors, MN going up to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant to load 145 cars with pellets and return back to Two Harbors.

A trio of 40's and 117 ore cars quietly glide around the curve heading down the CN Missabe sub towards the United Taconite processing plant.

After building their train in the yard at Keenan, CN 2025 starts the trip to Rainier, MN with heavy snow falling.

Snow is falling as an early spring weather event is happening across northern Minnesota while DMIR 404 and DMIR 408 have everything under control as they storm north up the CN Missabe sub at Iron ... (more)

The last little bit of snow hangs on as a trio of -8's lead a taconite train along the CN Missabe sub. In a couple hundred yards they will take a left turn onto the CN Iron Range sub for Two Harb... (more)

A trio of -8's lead a mostly empty limestone train back to Proctor, MN on a cold and very windy day.

DMIR 408 in charge of this T-Bird train makes it's way past Iron Jct. west wye as they travel to the plant. The beginning (or end) of the CN Iron Range sub is here at this control point.

CN 5337 makes it's way back to Proctor with these Minntac pellets. During this time of year they will reroute pellet trains to Proctor, MN to take some storage pressure off Two Harbors, MN but on... (more)

Heading south back to Proctor, MN with limestone empties on a clear winter's day.

Heading south with taconite pellets from U.S. Steel Minntac in B&LE hoppers with CN and KSC power bound for New Orleans for loading in a boat to take to a European steel mill. Global economics.

As a short daylight winter's day nears it's end, KCS 5000 hauls steaming pellets south from U.S. Steel Minntac towards the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans to be transloaded into larger dr... (more)

As a short daylight winter's day nears it's end, BLE 909 hauls steaming pellets south from U.S. Steel Minntac towards Proctor, MN.

DMIR 404 leads a T-Bird train down the CN Missabe sub past the old DM&IR era building at Iron Jct. on a ridiculous cold winter's day. This building is a point just north of Keenan yard that used ... (more)

While a fresh crew gets settled in aboard KCS 5000 they are overtaken and subsequently passed by CN 2000 leading an empty limestone train back to Proctor. KCS 5000 has a slightly longer trip ahea... (more)

After swapping out 46 loads at the Minorca taconite plant it's back to Proctor with these 46 empties.