Storm clouds are a brewing on the horizon as CN 2025 runs towards the sun and Two Harbors, MN with taconite pellets.

A nice clear cold early spring morning and steaming taconite pellets head for Two Harbors on the CN Iron Range sub.

Loads and empties meet at Biwabik with an exchange of pleasantries between crews.

The thick early morning fog still lingers on this cold morning as a Minntac ID rolls south through the yard at Biwabik with steaming pellets still creating a neat rolling fog bank.

CN 2004 chugs along and pellets steam as they are passing through the valley between two old tree covered mine dumps near m.p. 65 along the CN Iron Range sub. traveling towards Two Harbors, MN.

Loaded taconite train traversing the S curve at N Biwabik on the way south to Two Harbors, MN

Hot, humid and hazy as CN 2025 rolls along pulling steaming pellets from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant. The Canadian wildfire smoke has been thick the last several weeks across northern Minnesota, ... (more)

Cold, crisp and clear beats hot, humid and hazy any day. CN 2041 leads taconite loads south through Allen Jct. on a nice day.

Early morning loads from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant make their way south along the CN Iron Range sub splitting the signals at Jones.

A nice quiet wait in anticipation of a train coming into view. Then the train comes around the bend and gets closer and closer rising and falling along the hills and sags of the mainline. Pretty s... (more)

A very cold morning as steaming pellets from U.S. Steel Minntac glide across the frozen landscape behind a trio of Dash 8's heading for Two Harbors, MN.

It's a nice spring day and the taconite pellets are moving down the CN Iron Range sub from Minntac towards Two Harbors passing Allen Jct. along the way.

A U789 from Minntac rolls south down the CN Iron Range sub on Christmas Day 2020. The steam from the fresh baked taconite pellets, the wind blown snow from the passing train and the low sun angle... (more)

After a crew change, CN 2041 is underway again towards Two Harbors, MN on a nice spring day.

The last little bit of snow hangs on as a trio of -8's lead a taconite train along the CN Missabe sub. In a couple hundred yards they will take a left turn onto the CN Iron Range sub for Two Harb... (more)