The 1100 loads pass under the mothballed Erie Mining/LTV Steel tracks.

5pm loads a few miles into their journey to Silver Bay for unloading.

The Empire Builder is running a little over an hour late this morning.

In the twilight of the careers on the Iron Range and in CN's ore pool, a trio of Dash 8s move iron ore pellets south for the dock at Two Harbors, MN while passing through what was once the busy ar... (more)

Moving south for Proctor yard coming off the siding at Kelsey, MN after meeting a northbound along the Missabe Sub.

After an evening thunderstorm, it's all calm now as ground fog shrouds CN 2212 while they dump ore at United Taconite.

After building this train, it only made it to Dayton's Bluff and left cars to continue onto Chicago. These units would light power back to Northtown later that day.

A southbound BNSF train is reflected in the Redwood River as it climbs through Camden State Park near Lynd, MN. It's working hard up to the top of the Coteau des Prairie (prairie highlands) and ha... (more)

The first Northstar commuter train of the afternoon stops at the first station of its journey to Big Lake. MNRX MP36PH-3S 512, leading this four-car train, was originally owned by Utah’s Front ... (more)

Coming up from Two Harbors having just crossed over the Ramshaw diamond and about to come off the Iron Range Sub, CN 2032 is going to Minntac to loads iron ore pellets on a dreary fall afternoon. ... (more)

Dark skies overhead as CN 3115 leads through the bog along Highway 7 as they roll north towards the Candian border.

A Twin Cities & Western train picks up some cars from the elevator in Delhi (that's dell-hi, not dell-ee), MN as the sun sets on a blustery evening. The jointed rail dates to the early part of th... (more)

A westbound RCPE train rolls through the hills of the Buffalo Ridge south of Lake Benton, MN. It used to require a good deal of luck to get a train out here in daylight, but with this train regula... (more)

I know people probably don't think of steep hills when they think of southwest Minnesota, but there are several places where trains face some fairly substantial grades on BNSF's Marshall Subdivisi... (more)

KCS 2022 and CP 5032 lead J15 down Short Line Hill with cars from the Minnesota Commercial. KCS 2022 had some work done at Progress Rail Mayfield last year, and had its paint touched up in the pro... (more)