A unit sand train heads north being pushed by CN 3914 while iron ore pellets head south led by CN 3306.

It's snowing fast and furious as three Dash 8's descend the Minntac Sub with roughly 15 thousand tons of taconite pellets heading for Two Harbors, MN.

Hot iron ore pellets continue their trip down to CN's yard and dock facilities at Two Harbors, MN on the shore of Lake Superior.

Giving a roll-by to a northbound empty before they can head south with loads.

Crossing over the former Duluth Missabe and Northern (DM&N) then it was the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range (DMIR) and now it's the Canadian National (CN) bridge along the CN Iron Range Sub with a r... (more)

Hot iron ore on cold fall afternoon.

As a light snow falls, southbound iron ore at MP 67. The kids get it.

As the fog gets thinker the closer they get to the shore of Lake Superior, CN 3316 forges on and is passing a light from the days of the Missabe when there was a scale track located here for south... (more)

Climbing the grade into Allen Jct. while on the move south towards Two Harbors, MN.

Rolling at track speed on the CN Iron Range Sub heading to CN's Tho Harbors, MN yard and dock facilities.

As the rolling fog from the still warm iron ore pellets moves along with U789, Mother Nature is starting to provide her own fog on this somewhat warm afternoon as the train rumbles through Fairban... (more)

Passing through the yard at Biwabik, MN as the trip towards Two Harbors, MN continues on with steaming iron ore pellets in tow.

A rolling fog bank follows as U789 cuts between two old mine dumps as they glide south down the CN Iron Range for CN's Two Harbors yard.

Horizontal snow driven by a cold winter wind and subzero temperatures surround as iron ore, still steaming from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant, rolls on down the line for CN's Two Harbors yard and d... (more)

Just after crossing the diamond at Ramshaw and iron pellets are on the way down to Two Harbors, MN.