CN C40-8's 2119 + 2112 shuttle another load of crude rock towards the pellet plant at Forbes.

A loaded T-bird heads south toward the United Taconite Fairlane Plant.

One of the last T-bird runs of 2017 bring with it bitter cold temperatures. The overnight night low was a cool -27 F but the daylight sun brought the air temp up a bit to -15 for this shot.

A break in the clouds lights up CN 2112 on a T-bird heading south toward the Utac processing plant.

CN 5338 is approaching Iron Junction with an empty taconite train for the MinnTac plant in Mountain Iron.

CN C40-8's 2001, 2013, & 2004 haul 143 ore loads from Minorca to Two Harbors

Empties from Two Harbors comes off the Iron Range Sub and onto the Missabe Sub at West Wye

CN 2013 provides some color on a drab winter's day as it glides along the CN Iron Range sub bound for Two Harbors, MN.

A T-Bird mine shuttle from the pit coarse crusher glides down the Missabe sub as it heads to the processing plant.

Heading back to Two Harbors about to cross the former DWP Rainy sub at Ramshaw under clear (but cold) blue skies.

CN 2041, CN 2004, and CN 2024 throttle up as they start the trip down the CN Iron Range Sub for Two Harbors under clears skies and cold temperatures. An air temp of -28 really makes that diesel e... (more)

Almost to the end of the CN Iron Range sub, the crew gives a friendly wave as they continue north.

A trio of GE's lead 145 ore cars down the CN Minntac Sub and will transition onto the CN Missabe at Wolf shortly up ahead only to transition onto the CN Iron Range Sub at Iron Jct. to head to Two ... (more)

Freshly repainted CN 2000 sets out cars in CN's Keenan Yard near the famed Mesabi Iron Range in Minnesota.

An empty pellet train traverses the landscape on another gloomy day across northern Minnesota.