Melting snow with warm temperatures as 145 cars of iron ore pellets race by the puddles of spring.

A U791 from the east loadout pocket at U.S. Steel Minntac glides through the yard at Biwabik, MN.

Iron ore pellets from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant swing around the curve at Biwabik, MN passing some store BLE hoppers and other M.O.W. equipment as they travel to CN's yard at Two Harbors, MN.

Southbound iron ore pellets passing through the yard at Biwabik, MN.

A little sun catches the nose of this southbound iron ore train with some steam wafting off the warm pellets and fall color showing as they glide along the Iron Range sub.

One on the head end and one as the DPU, two AC44C6Ms are the power bracketing 145 cars running as U791 while they roll pellets from U.S. Steel Minntac's east loadout down the line for CN's yard an... (more)

CN 3344 as the DP unit on U791 rolling through S. Biwabik pushing all the way down to the yard at Two Harbors, MN.

Fog and drizzle hang in the air as iron ore loads temporarily break the silence as they come running through Biwabik.

Same location, same wet and foggy weather, another rebuilt GE pulling another train of steaming pellets from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant headed towards CN's yard and dock facilities at Two Harbors,... (more)

Pulling through the yard at Biwabik, MN with iron ore from the east loadout at U.S. Steel's Minntac plant.

When these "new" AC44C6Ms took over in the CN ore pool, there was a plan to use them in a 1X1 fashion instead of the traditional way with all the power up front. Only trains that load on... (more)

Pellet loads from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant glide down the Iron Range sub at Biwabik, MN.

CN 3338 is the DPU on these ore loads pushing through S. Biwabik as they travel to Two Harbors, MN.

After a meet with a northbound, CN 3318 is ramping back up to track speed to pull these iron ore loads down to the yard at Two Harbors for stockpile until the shipping season resumes.

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.