Cold and clear. Four EMD's with 145 ore cars behind them start the trek down the CN Iron Range Sub with pellets from the Minorca mine set to be delivered to the yard at Two Harbors, MN. on a day ... (more)

After serving U.S. Steel Minntac's commercial yard, the Keenan yard job with CN 9671 returns back to it's namesake yard with empty bentonite hoppers and a few gondolas.

With the cold weather seemingly settling in across northern Minnesota, CN has called into service their old DMIR Difco side dumps for limestone service to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant for the wint... (more)

Running on trackage rights over the CN, BNSF 3037 begins the trip home to Kelly Lake after serving the Minorca mine north of Virginia, MN spotting bentonite clay loads and taking empties back wit... (more)

Rolling south on the CN Missabe Sub with taconite bearing rock for the United Taconite plant to process.

Leaving the CN Keenan yard with a few tank cars for a local blasting company, IC 9622 still looks bright and fresh in the new snow.

DMIR 400 north fights barely visible signals and snow packed switches as they continue the trek from Two Harbors to U.S. Steel, Minntac to load taconite pellets during the first snow of the season... (more)

After coming up from the yard at Two Harbors traveling the CN Iron Range Sub, IC 6260 will shortly take the turn at Iron Jct. onto the CN Missabe Sub as the trip back to the mine for more taconite... (more)

A couple big beasts pull 130 veteran DMIR ore cars loaded to the gills with blast furnace trim rock destined for the ore dock at Two Harbors, MN.

Coming off the west loadout at U.S. Steel Minntac and down the Minntac Sub then onto the CN Missabe Sub, BLE slows up a bit before taking the left turn at Iron Jct. onto the CN Iron Range Sub to T... (more)

CN 2112 leads a raw ore train from Largo to Fairlane or from Cleveland Cliffs Thunderbird mine doen to the plant where this rock will be turned into taconite pellets for the steel industry.

The searchlight signals protecting the Missabe Sub have fallen and have been replaced with the newest latest and greatest style signals. These new signals were illuminated a few days prior and ar... (more)

Freshly made U.S. Steel Minntac taconite pellets head south down the CN Iron Range Sub in heavy snow bound for Two Harbors and the dock.

A ridiculous amount of snow is falling and the winds are whipping but the trains are running. CN 9433 rolls off the CN Iron Range Sub and onto the CN Missabe Sub at Iron Jct. with its short train... (more)

An empty coal train from Colby, near Hoyt Lakes, comes off the Iron Range Sub and into Iron Jct. with IC 6017 and B&LE 903.