BLE 903 leads train U713 south from Mountain Iron to Proctor, passing through Meadowlands Township, MN at Swenson Road.

BLE 903 leads train U713 south from Mountain Iron to Proctor, passing through Meadowlands Township, MN at Swenson Road.

A trio of tunnel motors lead an eastbound Southern Pacific train through the Sacramento River Canyon.

As a early April snowstorm pounds the iron range, DMIR 400 leads the Two Harbors MRF South through Biwabik.

As a early April snowstorm pounds the iron range, DMIR 400 leads the Two Harbors MRF South through Iron Junction.

Train U717 from Fairlane with loads for Duluth, approaching Norway Ridge Road in Forbes, MN.

BLE 906 prepares to depart the Thunderbird mine as another T-bird pulls up behind it

BLE 906 leads ore empties North past the Saginaw depot in the snow

WB before the grade separation was built here.

Coming south down the CN Iron Range sub and through the yard at Biwabik with taconite pellets from the Minorca mine led by two former Missabe SD40-3s and a trio of former CNW Dash 8s with 145 cars... (more)

Coming south down the CN Missabe Sub with taconite pellets from the Minorca mine led by two former Missabe SD40-3s and a trio of former CNW Dash 8s with 145 cars in tow for Two Harbors.

The day after April Fool's Day and CN had this little surprise present itself, DMIR 400 and DMIR 404 leading a pellet train back to Two Harbors from the Minorca taconite plant. The two former Miss... (more)

A duo of DMIR units and a trio of Dash 8s power 145 loads of steaming taconite pellets and get the 610-axel train back up to speed after coming off the CN Missabe Sub and onto the CN Iron Range su... (more)

Fresh pellet steam wisps off of the loaded taconite cars as Canadian National's U717 snakes its way out of the departure tracks at the Fairlane Taconite Plant in Forbes, Minnesota. A trio of class... (more)

DMIR 404 leads ore loads South.