On the last leg of the trip up the Iron Range Subdivision, DM&IR 211 leads the empties back from Two Harbors and will be going to the Minorca Mine for loading again.
The fresh crew aboard Illinois Central 6252 and 6260 pull their train of taconite pellets from the ArcelorMittal USA Minorca mine through the yard at Virginia, MN and head south for Two Harbors, M... (more)
In a light drizzle CN track crews inspect a switch damaged in a derailment of a loaded ore train north of Two Harbors. The rear 8-10 cars on this train from Minorca derailed and ended up on their ... (more)
Using the 9,000 H.P. to it's fullest, I.C. 6253 pulls 120 ore cars off the former DWP mainline and up the grade into the Minorca taconite plant to load pellets that will in turn head to Two Harbor... (more)