A trio of Dash 8s pulling 145 cars of still steaming pellets bound for Two Harbors. Another 30 seconds and this shot would have been blocked by a northbound all-rail taconite train that was headin... (more)

More marbles from the Minntac taconite plant bound for Two Harbors.

A cold early morning departure has some steam coming off the new pellets as they descend down the hill from the Minntac taconite plant.

CSX Transportation Dash 8-40C 7492, seen here at Union Pacific’s Dolores Industrial Lead, was built by General Electric in March 1989 as Conrail 6037. When Conrail was broken up between CSX and... (more)

A trio of C40-8's lead a steaming train of taconite loads on the U789 as it rounds the bend coming in to Biwabik, Minnesota and heads towards Two Harbors. This location was once the junction of an... (more)

Moving along under the cover of fog.

CSXT 7580 leads a high and wide load through Columbia, South Carolina and is seen here approaching Tryon Street. CSXT 7580 is a General Electric C40-8 built in 1989.

Dead locomotives waits out their last days in Chicago Heights with their fate already sealed by the cutting torch.

CN C40-8 2128 sits in Chicago Heights awaiting movement to the scrapper.

It's a full house in the north yard at Jasper. A417, G813 and G847 all wait for new crews while the Jasper Yard Job with C40-8 2100 plucks a dead unit off of track #3.

Ore from the Minorca mine moves south as the sun begins to rise over the trees.

Blue hour arrival at Biwabik to wait for a northbound before heading off into the darkness towards Two Harbors and home.

Amtrak’s Empire Builder quickly passes a westbound Chicago & North Western coal train at the end of double track on Canadian Pacific/Soo Line’s former Milwaukee Road main line west of Milwauke... (more)

Due to washout on the North Shore Scenic Railroad's Lakefront line, this train minus the CN 2033, was trapped at the depot in Two Harbors. CN stepped in and rescued it bringing it back home to Dul... (more)

Clear. Cold. Northwest wind. Snow on the ground. Everything is in order as CN 2028 leads ore loads south through the yard here at Biwabik while also passing by a few centerbeams that are being sto... (more)