CN 3008, the Illinois Central heritage scheme, is northbound on the CN Missabe Sub at iron Jct. MN as the DP unit on this Q train headed for Ranier and the crossing over the Canadian border and po... (more)
A pair of big GE's team up to move sculped loads of raw taconite bearing rock from the mine to the plant passing through Iron Jct. and the long defunct former dispatching office for the Missabe th... (more)
A trio of dash 8's and 145 ore cars of taconite pellets begin the trip down the CN Iron Range sub for Two Harbors, MN. coming off the CN Missabe sub at Iron Jct. west wye.
If a pair of SD60's look good then two pairs look even better as CN's L568 job from Ranier, MN down to Proctor, MN make their way along CN's Missabe sub for a stop at Keenan yard for a setout and ... (more)
An all-rail taconite train sits at Keenan yard on a pleasant late July afternoon waiting for a crew.
KSC 5000 leads a loaded U.S. Steel Minntac to New Orleans pellet train down the CN Missabe sub on a cold Minnesota afternoon.
A long all-rail taconite train holds the main down within CN Keenan yard waiting for a crew. The train will eventually load at U.S. Steel Minntac and then head south to New Orleans for export.
A southbound T-Bird train meets a northbound container train on the double track portion of the CN Missabe Sub.
Coming up from Two Harbors crossing over the CN Rainy sub at Ramshaw continuing the trek north for loading at U.S. Steel Minntac.
After coming up from Two Harbors, MN to Keenan yard to pick up and drop off cars, CN 5337 takes some freight back with them as the go back to Two Harbors stopping at Wales along the way.
A monster 626 axel mixed freight cuts through the snow as they travel south from Canada down the CN Rainy 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.
A trio of 40's and 117 ore cars quietly glide around the curve heading down the CN Missabe sub towards the United Taconite processing plant.
After building their train in the yard at Keenan, CN 2025 starts the trip to Rainier, MN with heavy snow falling.
Snow is falling as an early spring weather event is happening across northern Minnesota while DMIR 404 and DMIR 408 have everything under control as they storm north up the CN Missabe sub at Iron ... (more)
