DMIR 403 leads loads of fresh made taconite pellets through the switches at Iron Jct. and will soon take a left turn onto the CN Iron Range Sub for the trip to Two Harbors.
A couple of CN M.O.W. employees work to clear snow across the Ramshaw diamond on the last day of 2013. The Hi-Rail Blower, appropriately named Air Forced 1, is pretty loud and fairly effective i... (more)
The ever resourceful Missabe Road. Take an ore car and repurpose it for other uses and it would be a neat addition to the HO scale layout.
Another long CN land barge rolls southbound down the CN Rainy Subdivision crossing the CN Iron Range Division at the Ramshaw diamond. Some interesting "heritage units" assist the leader in making... (more)
A BNSF led Virginia, MN / Eagle Pass, TX (commonly referred to as a Tex-Mex) taconite train departs CN Keenan yard with a Ferromex unit as the DPU pushing over 15,000 tons of marbles.
A cold morning makes for some thick fog at daybreak.
Minntac loads howl through the curve at Iron Junction as they slow for the 10 mph switch at West Wye, where they will enter the Iron Range Subdivision.
Keenan Switch shoves into the plant to rescue the ore train in the distance which had some cars buried by an accident in the loadout pocket. Might not be maroon, but interesting pair nonetheless.
Minntac loads on their way for Two Harbors.
Limestone loads head north through Iron Jct heading for Minntac.
As dawn breaks on an early morning in northern Minnesota, a BNSF taconite train crew ties their train down while a switch job sorts cars in the yard.
BLE 909 leads an empty ore train for Minntac north on the Missabe Sub passing a stopped L568 at Keenan.
15th anniversary painted CN C40-8s 2112 and 2107 brighten up the day as they knock down the approach signal to Iron Junction with a train of empties for the Largo Loop.
Two Harbors to Keenan MRF L594 nears its destination with a short train.
CN SD60F 5552 hustles the Minntac limestone loads north at Wolf.
