Canadian National Raw Taconite Ore train U73084 "T-Bird" thunders over the St. Louis River in Forbes, MN enroute from Thunderbird Mine to the Fairlane United Taconite Plant.

Slowing down to make the left turn off the CN Missabe Sub and enter the yard at United Taconite.

Turning off the Missabe Sub at Fairlane and heading into the United Taconite plant.

Loads of iron ore bearing rock make their way south on the Missabe Sub passing by the former DMIR buildings at Iron Jct. while an empty ore train can be seen traveling north coming of the CN Iron ... (more)

One hundred forty loads of iron ore bound for the yard at Proctor and then the dock at Duluth just as the sun is about to set for the day.

After loading 140 cars with iron ore, CN 3346 has received signals after northbound traffic has cleared up and pulls out of United Taconite for the trip south back to Proctor yard.

The DP from an east loadout at Minntac hits N. Biwabik as it heads south for Two Harbors, MN while a northbound empty sits in the siding giving the roll-by before proceeding.

Brand new CN AC44C6M 3346 heads east through the rock cuts at Wynd.

Containers for Toronto head east at Wynd.

Vancouver-Toronto train Q104 heads east through Wynd.

Q104's train passes the Geikie backtrack heading east on the Albreda Sub's south track.

New CN AC44C6M 3346 leads Q196's train off of the Robson Sub at Lubin and onto the South Connecting Track which will essentially turn the train 180° connecting it to the Albreda Sub at Spicer.

Q196's train gathers speed after reaching the top of the hill at Redpass, BC with some fresh paint leading the way.

Seen here running alongside the Athabasca River, Prince Rupert-Memphis train Q196 will spend most of its trip across the Edson Sub under the cover of darkness as the sun sets behind The Palisades ... (more)