The last slivers of light illuminate the R901 with it's 732 total axels that are coming off the CN Iron Range Sub and heading south on the CN Missabe Sub at Iron Jct. with sand empties from storag... (more)

Heading back to their yard after picking up rock loads from Laurentian Aggregates.

Hot marbles heading south on a frosty morning.

A trio of Dash 8's with one hundred forty-five loads of marbles destined for Two Harbors roll through peak fall color.

Taconite rock rolls south while a manifest rolls north on the double track portion of the CN Missabe sub.

Three Dash 8's round the bend to begin the trip back to Two Harbors reaching their destination in another seventy-four miles.

The Keenan Switch job pulls loads of stone south down the Missabe sub heading back to their yard which is up ahead a short distance.

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.

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)

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.

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

After delivering limestone loads up to the Minorca mine near Virginia, MN, a trio of BLE leads the cars back down to Proctor, MN passing through Iron Jct. on the way.

After delivering limestone loads up to U.S. Steel Minntac, CN 2004 moved down to the rock track to spot the empties and attempted to pick up loads of BFT rock, but one car door was open, so they a... (more)