After dumping limestone for the Minorca mine and then waiting for traffic to clear on the CN Rainy sub, a trio of BLEs finally depart the plant for the trip back to the yard at Proctor just about ... (more)

DMIR 408 and BLE 903 move taconite bearing rock from the mine down to the plant on a nice winter afternoon.

Making their way north on the CN Missabe sub.

After switching the Minntac commercial yard, the R901 crew is running back to their namesake yard at Keenan.

As they fly through the grade crossing, L568 gets a roll-by from the local police.

A nice, matched trio of EMD IC Deathstars lead a train of taconite pellets down the CN Missabe Sub having a short few miles to go to reach Proctor yard.

The pair of dash 8s look good in the winter light.

A heavy spring snowfall is occurring as this empty limestone train heads back south to Proctor yard after dumping its contents at the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.

Waited about six months to finally have leaves back on the trees and then during the peak of spring color the smoke from Canadian wildfires arrives and obscures the sun. Here's an early morning so... (more)

IC 6254 leads passing between N. Fairlane and S. Fairlane on the CN Missabe Sub.

Cutting through the long shadows of a short winter afternoon on the way back to Proctor yard.

Cold and snow falling as an unusual 4 pack of the dash 8 variety pull the usual 145 ore cars of taconite round the bend near north Biwabik as they head south for Two Harbors yard.

After departing the Minorca mine, CN 2041 comes down the CN Rainy Sub pulling 145 ore cars of taconite pellets with the mine dumps of the U.S. Steel Minntac looming in the background.

After a meet here at Allen Jct. with a NB empty, CN 2031 is ready to pull for the rest of the trip back into Two Harbors to put these loads into stockpile until the boats can take them to a mill.

The R901 job based out of CN's Keenan yard is retrieving the Plasser & Theurer RM802 High-Production Ballast Undercutting/Cleaning Machine that has been stored since fall when rehabilitation work ... (more)