After turning off of the former DW&P mainline north of Virginia, 6253 pounds hard to get up the step grade into the Minorca Taconite plane.

First repainted DM&IR unit to be used on home rails leads a sister northbound with 116 empty ore cars on Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range.

Kicking up some of the 2+ feet of snow received this week north of Two Harbors.