Summer is past. The leaves are down. And the Dash 8's on the Iron Range of NE Minnesota have come to the end of their era as well.

Early morning fog as the sun comes up and a train is on the move scheduled to load at U.S. Minntac's west pocket.

Empties head north on the running track at Gilbert to meet southbound loads.

Swinging onto the CN Iron Range sub at west wye with marbles from Minntac heading down to Two Harbors, MN.

Empties navigate the S-curve around a former natural ore mine pit at Sparta, MN on the CN Iron Range Sub.

Southbound ore loads at Biwabik going to Two Harbors, MN and the dock facilities.

Coming off the Iron Range Sub and taking the big hook to the north and onto the Missabe Sub at Iron Jct. MN

Heading up to Minntac to load taconite pellets on a warm and bug filled evening.

Racing up to Minntac to load taconite pellets and passing by m.p. 1 on the namesake sub with 6 miles to go until the plant and the east loadout pocket.

This was the last set of Dash 8s roaming the Iron Range sub out of Two Harbors, MN in the CN ore pool. That pool has now dried up and the Dash 8s are no more.

To go with our first snowfall of the year in SE Wisconsin, here is a shot of CNW 8546 leading a train thru St. Francis, WI on CNW's New Line in December of 1994. A little hoarfrost in the trees ad... (more)

A westbound intermodal with an all-GE lashup is approaching the crossing at Mance, on the old B&O horseshoe curve- which was once triple-tracked.

CSX "Stealth" westbound out of Willard at twilight, about to cross the diamond on the old PRR Sandusky Line. The 7574 was built by GE in September 1989.

Autoracks head East along the old P&LE mainline.

CN C40-8 #2107 leads a limestone train through Proctor