A BNSF oil train ( U-733) rumbles up the CN Rainy Sub passing through the Virginia yard heading to Canada. While not rare, it is different and fairly uncommon to see a BNSF led train passing thro... (more)
With 144 loads of taconite pellets in tow, IC 6255 takes the siding at Virginia, MN to let two northbounds keep rolling towards the Canadian border. This is the former DW&P yard.
Back in the second half of 2009, the CN power desk cycled through a few EJ&E units to work on the former Missabe in northern Minnesota. It was definitely different and brought photographers out o... (more)