CN 2306 and CN 2621 pull an empty string of oil cans north through the former DWP yard at Virginia, MN and they continue the trip to Canada on National Train Day Eve.
A warm for December day has created quite the thick blanket of fog as UP 5947 charges north thru Virginia, MN with oil cans trailing and picking up speed to climb up and over the Laurentian Divide... (more)
Coming into Virginia, MN the heavy snow falling almost obscures the steaming taconite pellets from the Minorca mine as they begin the trip south for an end trip destination at Two Harbors, MN.