Matched power, 145 ore cars, fresh snow, clear skies and cold temperatures always look good.

Code blue skies and a cold temperature as this northbound empty proceeds as scheduled for the Minorca mine to load taconite pellets. Ironically, the Minorca pit is just beyond the trees above the... (more)

A trio of C40-8's lead Canadian National loaded taconite train U793 as it accelerates through Spruce, Minnesota on a cold December morning. The steaming load of pellets from Minorca are bound for ... (more)

A trio of C40-8's lead a loaded ore train towards Two Harbors.

A dash 8 leads 2 EMDs with empties heading north on the Missabe Sub.

Heading back from Two Harbors, MN going up to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant to load 145 cars with pellets and return back to Two Harbors.

CN 2027 emerges from behind a curtain of fall colors across the landscape.

This 145 car train was loaded at the Minorca taconite plant which has now switched ownership after the acquisition by Cleveland-Cliffs of ArcelorMittal USA. The train is 18.4 rail miles into the ... (more)

A spectacular Black Friday after the morning clouds cleared out. The only sounds were the wind in the pines, a couple of birds, some furry woodland creatures doing their thing and a approaching t... (more)

With the backdrop of an old mine dump showing the fading colors of the fall season , CN 2027 rolls though the yard at Biwabik heading towards Two Harbors, MN with 145 cars of taconite pellets.

Fall color is showing on the trees lining the old mine dumps near Gilbert, MN as CN 2027 leads an empty ore train north towards U.S. Steel Minntac for loading on this the first official day of fal... (more)

CN 2027 with taconite pellets from the Minorca mine is crossing over the former Duluth Missabe and Northern (DM&N) then it was the DMIR and now it's the CN bridge along the CN Iron Range Sub for T... (more)

Limestone empties head back to Proctor on a dreary afternoon.

A CN crew waits in the cab of CN 2027 for clearance to proceed out of Proctor Yard and descend Proctor Hill to the ore dock and limestone loading facilities in Duluth's harbor. The 2027 was built ... (more)

After meeting a southbound pellet load, CN 2027 catches the last light of the day traveling north along the running track on the CN Iron Range Sub at Sparta, MN.