Gloomy skies add a fitting touch to the few remaining work horses of a by-gone era as they await their turn for the scrapper.

CNW 8535 approaches Bill, Wyoming with an empty coal train on a beautiful day in May of 1991. CNW's GE's looked good when new, but quickly faded to a pale yellow. Train crews could outnumber the p... (more)

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)

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

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)

Pan Am Railways C40-8 7523, 7489, 7635 heading into the yard to make up their train.

GMTX 215 pulls some tank cars brought down by Lancaster & Chester train 10 through the ADM Soybean Processing Plant in Kershaw - This ADM plant will shut down by the end of May this year

Lancaster & Chester train 12 entering Chester Yard Limits

It's no surprise, those trains must be easier to control when empty as they can weight up to 12 000 tons for a 3000 feet train. A real brick!

We managed to find a lone thunderstorm here, and all hell broke loose for about 15 minutes. Lucky for us, this Minntac load showed up afterward. Steam from the cold bath covers the tracks as the t... (more)

A load out of Minntac drifts downgrade out of the mine. The train is about to pass through Mt. Iron and pass MP 6 on the Minntac Sub. The train is dropping down a steep 1.5% grade out of the mine.... (more)

The mine at Minorca isn't as busy as the other 2 mines on the Range, but trains still come and go daily from this plant. A trio of C40s chugs along as they pull a train of empties from Two Harbors... (more)

A loaded ore train awaits a new crew to take the train to Two Harbors MN for unloading.

Just as the sun is coming up and with storm clouds on the horizon an iron ore train is heading for Two Harbors.

Leaving the U.S. Steel Minntac plant with fresh bakes iron ore pellets on a fall afternoon.