GTW 6221 heads through Iron Junction on its way back to Keenan.

The Keenan Switch clears a path back to the yard having died the previous day before the storm.

Ah the former Missabe! Illinois Central 6204 is paired up with GTW 6221 representing the Keenan Switch pulling 38 hoppers northbound for spotting at Gross Nelson aggregate.

DMIR 400 and an ex IC SD40-3 head 18 loads through Iron Junction.

On a late fall afternoon near the small northern Minnesota mining town of Biwabik, DM&IR 211 and GTW 6221 pull one gondola and two tank cars north on the Iron Range Subdivision heading for Keenan ... (more)

As the Keenan Switch comes down the hill from Minntac, the crew jumps out and takes in a little fresh air before they prepare to jump off and set handbrakes and throw switches for these cars to ho... (more)

Back from a near death experience, DM&IR 215 lives on after repairs at Proctor to serve as the last SD38-2 maroon Missabe engine on the CN roster. Shown pulling loaded log cars out of Mt. Iron Ya... (more)

In heavy snows the GTW 6221 trudges along the Missabe Subdivision pulling hoppers filled with bentonite clay for use at U.S. Steel's Minntac plant in the taconite pellet making process. It's snow... (more)

Possibly the last assignment the DM&IR 211 was on is the Keenan Switch Job. Shown here shoving back into their yard with two empty tanks and a gon. The 211 has now been retired by CN due a major... (more)

DM&IR 210 leads a small train of hoppers back from U.S. Steel's Minntac mine towards Keenan Yard. The 210 was retired by CN in the spring of 2009.

DM&IR 211 leads a small train with it's partner GT 6221 along to assist. The former Missabe engine is one of only three remaining maroon units on the CN roster. The DM&IR 211 is now officially r... (more)

After switching a local customer and shoving into the yard at Biwabik the Keenan Switch cuts off their train and will run around to the other end hook up and head back towards Keenan Yard with the... (more)

The Keenan Switch Job heads back for the yard and home on a snowy April afternoon. Both of these units, DM&IR 308 and DM&IR 213 have since been retired from the CN roster.

The first snowfall of the season is on the ground in northern Minnesota as DM&IR 403 leads GT 6221 with 36 loads and six empties out of Keenan Yard and up to Shelton Jct. for interchange with CN. ... (more)

It's funny to see the only SD38-2 of the former Missabe to receive a trip to the CN paintbooth paired up with the only SD40-3 tunnel motor of the former Missabe to NOT receive that same trip. Pic... (more)