Steaming pellets make their way south for Proctor, MN.

Humming along passing through Iron Jct., MN, DMIR 400 heads back to Proctor, MN with still steaming taconite loads.

Humming along passing through Iron Jct., MN, BLE 909 heads back to Proctor, MN with ore cars used to deliver limestone to the Minorca mine.

A few minutes into their trip and a few miles south of Minorca Jct., BLE 906 heads back to Proctor, MN on a typical fall afternoon.

The dance between seasons as snow falls while the colors of fall hang on.

Curving out of Iron Junction with the crossing gates already down, CN 2000 is about to block traffic as they cross Highway 7 continuing the trip across the Iron Range Sub bound for Two Harbors, MN... (more)

More marbles on the way down to Two Harbors, MN.

Cutting through the fall foliage, a CN manifest rolls down the CN Rainy Sub.

A well-timed meet as CN 2000 crew is giving the roll-by as pellet loads zip along at track speed heading down to Two Harbors.

A triple set of former DM&IR SD40-3's haul a limestone train north from Proctor, MN while snow continues to fall aiming for the Minorca mine.

Another triple set running around NE Minnesota garnering a fair amount of attention is this set of former DM&IR units. Here they are coming down from U.S. Steel with steaming taconite pellets in t... (more)

CN 3853 about to duck under the Highway 37 overpass leading a heavy all-rail taconite train southward.

CN 5448 leads L568 into Virginia, MN on a nice afternoon.

A little red sticks out amongst a sea of yellow as CN 2028 rounds the bend.

Coming up from Two Harbors on the Iron Range sub to load at the U.S. steel Minntac plant as the sun rises over the landscape.