DMIR 332 works on switching some cars around along Railroad Street near the waterfront at Duluth, MN.

Taking the curve around Highland Lake CN 2004, in charge of U791 which is iron ore pellets from the Minorca mine, will shortly begin the downgrade drop into Two Harbors which is 14 more miles ahea... (more)

Burning diesel fuel to make the climb up and over the Laurentian Divide in a few miles, KCS 4185 pulls CN train A439 through Virginia, MN on a nice afternoon.

Thar She Blows! DMIR 332 was used for some switching moves and created quite a scene along Railroad Ave. near downtown Duluth, MN.

Hauling iron ore pellets back to Proctor yard while the snow falls.

The Lake Superior Railroad Museum had some switching to do so they fired up DMIR 332 (former D&NE 28) to do the job that needed to get done. Here they come over the hill from their home rail down ... (more)

Rumblin, bumbling and gurgling along with snow falling as a T-Bird train is moving crude ore from the mine to the plant.

A pair of tattered former Santa Fe B40-8Ws lead the BN-CP transfer back to Northtown with 18 auto racks from the Bluff.

Blasting around the curve at track speed CN 2004 is about to knock the signal down at Nugget while on the move back to Two Harbors with iron ore loads.

A familiar "fish in a barrel", this unit sat by the street for years and was shot by everybody but I thought the sun was particularly good on this date so here it is. I made up a report... (more)

In the last light of the day a UP Coke train heads north on the CN Missabe sub at Fairlane bound for Thunder Bay, ON.

On the Minntac sub heading north to the largest taconite processing facility in the world to load iron ore pellets.

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 C40's chug along as they pull a train of empties from Two Harbors... (more)

Loads out of Minntac are back on the Two Harbors Sub for the 70 or so miles back to their destination at Two Harbors. The train pokes around the Iron Jct Wye at 10 mph, before getting back up to s... (more)

The Rainy Sub south of Virginia is mainly used for southbound trains bound for the Stevens Point on beyond. The Rainy is old DW&P territory from the Canadian boarder to Duluth. CN still uses alot ... (more)