An empty limestone train from Minntac cruises south around the bend through Sax, Minnesota on CN's Missabe Sub. A quartet of locomotives powers the train of side dump cars, led by former IC SD40-3... (more)

The early morning sun lights up the fall colors on the trees as Wheeling and Lake Erie 3102 and 3016 back into Rook Yard and onto their train.

A pair of CSX SD40-3's lead the J783 local as it heads south on the Toledo Sub in Troy, Ohio. A B&O CPL signal on a bracket mast, along with a CPL dwarf, guard the south of the siding here.

The thermometer on my truck said -32F and the detector only 3 miles away gave a reading of 3 degrees colder but the frigid temps aren't hindering CN's ore related business on the Iron Range as a q... (more)

Hitting the CN Minntac sub with limestone for U.S. Steel's Minntac taconite plant.

Byron Hill helpers on their return North into shops at Fond Du Lac.

A northbound limestone train heads up the CN Missabe sub in heavy snows.

Coming up the CN Missabe sub from Proctor yard to load pellets at United Taconite, IC 6261 is about 45 minutes away from the loadout pocket.

Coming down from Ranier, MN with traffic for Keenan yard and then it's down to Proctor yard all while the snow flies.

A cold and early morning departure from Minntac with an empty limestone train back to Proctor, MN.

Rolling along the Arkansas River between Princeton and Granite, CO, SP 8703 leads CNW 6933 and DRGW 5410 on a Herington, KS to Oakland, CA auto train. The Tennessee Pass route was active for only ... (more)

Coming off the CN Missabe sub and onto the CN Minntac sub at Wolf pulling 54 carloads of limestone for the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.

One of the first snowfalls of the season starts to cover the landscape as this empty limestone train coming from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant starts back down the CN Missabe sub for Proctor, MN.

Running up main 2 on the CN Missabe returning to the mine for reloading.

With the Tillery Hydroelectric Power Plant providing a backdrop, a pair of SD40s cross the Pee Dee River in the late afternoon.