Under the cover of darkness, A northbound T-Bird train comes around the corner and sees the green signal illuminated at Wolf to keep moving on the way back to the Thunderbird Mine north load out p... (more)
Unable to shove the full train all the way through the load out tunnel at Largo due to deep snow on the other side this T-Bird rolls down the Missabe Sub with only 56 loads of rock instead of the... (more)
Working in less than ideal conditions but at least working a logger puts the finishing touches on a load of pulp wood just as the Keenan Switch crew arrives to take the loaded cars away and leave ... (more)
Former CNW 8572 and CNW 8565 leads the T-Bird out of Iron Minnesota.
CN 2119 and sister 2104, working a Thunderbird between Forbes and Fairlane, provide some much needed color during Minnesota's brown stick season.
A T-Bird train reaches the half way point on it's ten mile trip hauling raw taconite rock between the mine and the processing plant of owner Cliffs Nautural Resources.
Several of the new ore cars on a Two Harbors bound ore train from Minntac derailed as they rounded the corner from the Missabe Sub. to the Iron Range Sub. One of the power sets from the T-Bird tr... (more)
A loaded ore train bound for Two Harbors derailed a number of its new cars on the west wye switch at Iron Junction, causing a major disruption to traffic at the busiest junction in northeastern Mi... (more)
A sharp looking ex-C&NW/UP Dash-8 leads a loaded ore train out of the Minntac plant. Seven miles later this train would derail a number of its new ore cars on the west wye switch at Iron Junction.... (more)
CN 2119 - formerly C&NW 8572 - rolls through Wolf with a loaded raw taconite train headed for the United Taconite plant at Fairlane.
Two CN Dash 8's lead a hopper towards the BNSF in Duluth.
With that just out of the showroom look, C40-8 2119 leads empties north.
CN's first unit with a desktop control stand, and the first of the "Draper Taper's". It was so popular, it was often a trailing unit, as it's matschalled here. Still, it would be a nice change to ... (more)
A trio of HR616's passes under the CP in Agincourt, Toronto in 1985. There were only 20 HR616's built. None are currently operating.
