A loaded taconite train from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant makes the very rare left turn at Noimi Jct. to begin the trip north to the Canadian border then across Canada to Prine Rupert for export t... (more)

Shortly after sunset now and this pellet train with it's new crew onboard heads north through the former DW&P yard on the CN Rainy sub heading for Ranier, MN and the border crossing. It's believed... (more)

Coming off the CN Minntac Sub and taking a left turn at the almost never used other than for M.o.W. equipment storage Noimi Jct switch and leg to get over and onto the CN Missabe Sub for the trip ... (more)

We bake them, You take them. CN 3222, CN 2990, CSX 766 and DP unit CN 2853 come down from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant with hoppers full of fresh, still steaming taconite pellets bound for Prince... (more)