IC 6263 leads a train of loaded taconite around the S curve in Culver, MN.

A four pack of Canadian National SDs bomb South down the Two Harbors Sub.

IC 6263 leads ore loads south into Munger, MN.

IC 6263 waits to depart Proctor with northbound ore empties.

Repainted IC SD40-3 6263 leads ore loads south near Saginaw.

Repainted IC SD40-3 6263 leads ore loads south through Saginaw.

IC 6263 pulls ore empties up Proctor Hill and back to CN's Proctor Yard for eventual re-loading on the Mesabi Iron Range.

On a drab, cold winter afternoon in northern Minnesota a taconite train from United Taconite crosses over the frozen Whiteface river as the travel to Proctor, MN.

IC 6263 glides through Biwabik with 145 cars of taconite pellets in tow with a destination of Two Harbors in a few hours.

Although red is now the rule instead of maroon, in this scene we still see a P5, searchlight signals and steaming pellets.

A EMD quartet leads 144 ore loads down from the U.S. Steel Minntac mine ( barely visible behind the trees) on the CN Minntac Sub. for the CN Missabe Sub then onto the CN Iron Range Sub and eventua... (more)

Empties for Minntac pound through Biwabik on an absolutely gorgeous fall day. In the background a train for BFT for Two Harbors sits.

IC 6263, DMIR 409, IC 6253 have 146 ore loads under control through East Wye ... (more)

Power off of an ore train holds in the clear as a CN plow extra prepares to wing back snow on the hill.

An empty limestone train from Minntac nears Proctor with an abundance of power. Classic "code blue" conditions with crystal clear blue skies, fresh snow, an air temp at -11F and a wind-chill near ... (more)