BNSF 7704 leads a full load of steaming taconite pellets in route to Birmingham, AL in the early morning sun.

CN 5529 leads a 58 car (57 loads and 1 air car) U-715 past the north siding switch of Coons on the afternoon of Sept. 25, 2010.

M340 rolls south on the Missabe Sub bound for the Belt Railway Yard in Chicgao, IL. Here the train passes the old depot at Saginaw, just north of the siding at Coons. Between Sheldon Junction and ... (more)

With the storm clouds dissipating and the warm glow a hot and humid summer afternoon becoming evident, DM&IR 403 rolls past the old boarded up DM&IR Saginaw Depot with loads from United Taconite b... (more)

The 1530 Limestone waits in the hole at North Coons as a loaded tac train heads south to Proctor. The limestone crew is giving the tac loads a roll-by on this sunny, but chilly Minnesota winter d... (more)

BNSF power stomps through Coons on a cold winter morning, heading north towards the Iron Range.

DMIR 403, GT 6221, IC 6262, IC 6265 pulling empties to United Taconite.

The last maroon tunnel motor leads a 14-car MRF north under Highway 33 on a nice spring day in northeastern Minnesota. As we approach the 5 year anniversary of CN's purchase of GLT, only 3 DM&IR ... (more)

A one unit wonder struggles to shove its train into the siding.

A dead CN potash train on the Missabe Main at Adolph has these two trains cooling their wheels at Coons. Cool is the operative word, with an air temp of -21F when I shot this. Train on right has... (more)

DM&IR 408 leads an empty ore train on it's way North through the siding at Coons. A loaded Potash train has been tied down on the main all day unable to maintain air from this mornings low of -32F... (more)

Dead on the main at Coons for over 24 hours due to heavy snow the day prior.

A clean pair of rebuilt tunnel motors drift down a slight grade on a cold but crystal clear day in Northern Minnesota.

A loaded Minntac ore train thunders past the Keenan Switch in the siding at South Coons. All three of the remaining Missabe SD-Ms are in this shot (303/316 and 308).

Two of the three remaining SD-M's on the roster (303/316) split the signals at South Coons before backing their "commercial" train into the siding.