Two Birds at the nest. CN 2890 is loaded up and ready to depart Largo (mine) for United Taconite's Fairlane plant once traffic on the CN Missabe Sub and Rainy Sub clears. Once they are gone, the... (more)

A snowy day across the landscape as CN 2111 and CN 2107 pull taconite loads south on the CN Missabe sub heading to the processing plant.

Some snow is falling as DMIR 404 blows the horn about to cross through the Highway 7/ Highway 101 intersection heading north back to the mine to reload.

A T-Bird taconite shuttle makes it's way south on the CN Missabe Sub at Wolf, MN with loads for the United taconite plant at Forbes, MN.

On a snowy afternoon across northern Minnesota, CN 2111 leads the way south with rock from the mine heading to the plant keeping the money moving for Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. CN has recently pulled ... (more)

A trio of 40's and 117 ore cars quietly glide around the curve heading down the CN Missabe sub towards the United Taconite processing plant.

Pounding along the Missabe Sub in the snow pulling ore cars.

Snow is falling as an early spring weather event is happening across northern Minnesota while DMIR 404 and DMIR 408 have everything under control as they storm north up the CN Missabe sub at Iron ... (more)

DMIR 408 in charge of this T-Bird train makes it's way past Iron Jct. west wye as they travel to the plant. The beginning (or end) of the CN Iron Range sub is here at this control point.

A matching pair of dash 8's wear CN's privatization anniversary logo working the T-Bird job hauling rock form the mine to the plant

Fog and snow shroud the area but DMIR 404 sticks out like a sore thumb with its brand recognition logo leading a T-Bird loading at United Taconite.

A 3/4 ground level wedgie of DMIR 400, CN 6013 and DMIR 402 with train at Largo waiting for the all clear from the mine so they can shove back and under the coarse crusher loadout pocket at United... (more)

DMIR 404 leads a T-Bird train down the CN Missabe sub past the old DM&IR era building at Iron Jct. on a ridiculous cold winter's day. This building is a point just north of Keenan yard that used ... (more)

A lite snow falls as DMIR 400 rattles the old Missabe era steel bridge on main 2 crossing over the mostly frozen St. Louis river as they head to Fairlane with taconite bearing rock from the mine.

A veteran workhorse who's been used hauling mostly mining related materials whether it be pellets or rock up and down the Missabe sub for decades continues to ply the rails.