A trio of Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad units (909, 904, 903) bring up 145 ore cars from Two Harbors to be loaded at U.S. Steel Minntac with approximately 15,000 tons of taconite pellets.

After switching loads for empties at a local blasting company the Keenan switch crew heads back to Keenan yard to tie up for the day.

The Keenan Switch job passes some long dormant signals along the CN Iron Range Sub as the head back to their namesake yard. These signals are what remains of tracks laid by the Duluth, Missabe and... (more)

Four EMD's and 145 ore cars ply the rails that are the CN Iron Range Sub on a drab Thanksgiving Eve.

Early morning summer light makes this trio of Dash 8's look good while running south on the CN Iron Range Sub with Minntac pellets for Two Harbors.

It's 0630 on a beautiful summer morning as a train from U.S. Steel Minntac rumbles past the long out of service signals at the Thunderbird South mine spur as they continue towards the docks at Two... (more)

CN(DMIR) MTY Ore train blasts by the former Home Signal at FAYAL and has a Clear Advance for CP RAMSHAW.

The new faces on the Missabe run past a searchlight signal from the days of the Missabe.

DMIR 402 heads railroad north into the afternoon sun on the way back from Two Harbors while pulling 140 ore jennies for loading at the Minorca mine facility before returning "home" to Tw... (more)

Running through a black and white tundra, the nose of DMIR 408 provides the color as they run track speed across the frozen landscape.

Running back from Two Harbors under sunny skies to load at U.S. Steel Minntac before returning under cloudy skies. Such is the weather.

Track speed in the fresh snow. A short train hustles along to service a local blasting company.

DMIR 403, still wearing the Missabe maroon, looks good in the fresh snow that fell on northern Minnesota earlier in the day. The train will load at U.S. Steel, Minntac before returning to Two Harb... (more)

Coming north up the CN Iron Range Sub from Two Harbors, IC 6260 goes by one of a very few remaining searchlight signals left along the line.

A trio of tunnelmotors bring empties back from Two Harbors and past the few remaining signals ( long out of service ) that once protected the south Evtac Thunderbird mine spur along the CN Iron Ra... (more)