A clean Illinois Central unit leads the Keenan Switch train down the Iron Range Sub. towards home after switching cars at the Minnex Explosives plant.
Hard to believe these short 24' ore cars built in the 1950s and originally pulled behind massive 2-8-8-4 Yellowstones are still in service. CN has ordered 232 new cars for delivery in first quart... (more)
A pair of Missabe tunnel motors work steaming pellets towards Two Harbors.
A Two Harbors to Minnorca empty leans into the bend at Fayal, MN, about two miles south of Iron Jct where the train will turn back north toward Minorca for loading.
Loaded ore train heads from the Minntac to Two Harbors with a hint of fall color in the scene.
