A nice spring morning as an iron ore train rolls through the quiet landscape.
Taking the curve around Highland Lake CN 2004, in charge of U791 which is iron ore pellets from the Minorca mine, will shortly begin the downgrade drop into Two Harbors which is 14 more miles ahea... (more)
Blasting around the curve at track speed CN 2004 is about to knock the signal down at Nugget while on the move back to Two Harbors with iron ore loads.
Southbound at Fairbanks, MN with iron ore and 32 more miles to go heading down for Two Harbors, MN.
A few minutes and a few miles into the trip back to Two Harbors with iron ore from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.
Ore from the Minorca mine moves south as the sun begins to rise over the trees.
CN C40-8 2004 leads a set of limestone empties south on the Missabe Sub approaching Keenan.
Limestone empties head south on the Missabe Sub heading back towards Proctor and Duluth for another load.
After delivering limestone to the Minntac plant that turns into a backhaul of blast furnace trim with CN 2004 leading the way south to Proctor, MN.
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)
Rumbling along on the way to U.S. Steel Minntac to load taconite pellets.
Coming to the end of the CN Iron Range sub, CN 2004 will take the signal and hit the CN Missabe sub heading north bound for Minntac to load taconite pellets.
Heading up the CN Minntac sub to load taconite pellets and passing a sleeping ballast cleaner along the way.
CN C40-8 2004 leads a ore train South past a parked Dash 8 in Mountain Iron.
The last light on the last day of July with CN 2004 heading up to U.S. Steel Minntac to load pellets off the west loadout pocket.
