Loaded taconite train traversing the S curve at N Biwabik on the way south to Two Harbors, MN
Hot, humid and hazy as CN 2025 rolls along pulling steaming pellets from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant. The Canadian wildfire smoke has been thick the last several weeks across northern Minnesota, ... (more)
CN 2031 north and their empties prepare to give a roll-by to CN 2026 south with their loads at north Biwabik.
Empties from Two Harbors take the siding at Biwabik and will wait briefly for their counterpart loads that will be coming shortly.
Pellets from the Minorca mine (the pit is coincidently located behind the train about a mile but the processing plant is located north of Virginia, MN off the CN Rainy sub about an hour behind the... (more)
A local passes the small yard at Biwabik.
A very cold morning as steaming pellets from U.S. Steel Minntac glide across the frozen landscape behind a trio of Dash 8's heading for Two Harbors, MN.
Testing on the former DMIR by CN of these two NS GE AC44C6M's pulling ore cars on the CN Iron Range Sub between Two Harbors, MN and U.S. Steel Minntac.
Gliding past the former DM&IR engine house (still used by CN MOW) and the small simplified depot (used by the local VFW) and the veteran DM&IR ore cars ( still used for BFT service in the warmer m... (more)
A trio of Dash 8's and 145 ore cars quietly glide around the curve at Biwabik along the CN Iron Range sub the falling snow dampening the usual sounds of the 598 axels slightly.
After a crew change, CN 2041 is underway again towards Two Harbors, MN on a nice spring day.
Snow is falling as Minorca taconite pellets run south on the CN Iron Range sub bound for Two harbors, MN.
Running south along the CN Iron Range sub having just went by the N. Biwabik signals and passing a string of veteran DMIR ore cars that are staged here for the winter. CN 2041 has 145 of the much... (more)
CN 2039 darkens the sky with a little throttle on this already gloomy overcast day as they head north on the CN Iron Range sub at Biwabik, MN.
CN 2027 emerges from behind a curtain of fall colors across the landscape.
