This shot shows the same train, at nearly the same spot, on the same day as my RailPictures image #844151. The difference is that the train is about 200’ closer to the photographer and has a muc... (more)
CN 2000 splits the signals at Fairbanks, Minnesota on its way to the ore dock at Two Harbors with a load of hot, steaming Taconite pellets. The pellets originated as raw ore at the Minntac Mine be... (more)
Loaded Taconite for Two Harbors MN docks , Led by 3 GE C40-8s , Here they roll through Rollins Minnesota. As of 2024 these C40-8s will be replaced by rebuilt AC44's from CN
Sun filled late summer afternoon and an empty ore train heading for a load time at the mine.
Class CN C40-8 #2000 leads loaded iron ore pellet train U789 onto the Iron Range Sub at Iron Junction (East Wye).
Class CN C40-8 #2000 leads U788's train northbound on the Iron Range Sub.
145 loads of iron ore pellets prepare to slam across CN's Rainy Sub at the Ramshaw diamond.
Class unit CN 2000 heads south onto the Iron Range Sub with 145 loads for the dock at Two Harbors.
Heading northbound to Minorca for another load of pellets, U788's train glides along the Iron Range Sub at Jones.
CN C40-8s 2000, 2016 and 2010 lead 145 iron ore empties northbound onto the main track at Biwabik.
Loads south meeting empties north on the curve at Biwabik with a fall color backdrop.
A trio of Dash 8's with one hundred forty-five loads of marbles destined for Two Harbors roll through peak fall color.
A trio of C40-8's slowly take the turn at the Iron Junction for Two Harbors with another load of taconite.
Three Dash 8's round the bend to begin the trip back to Two Harbors reaching their destination in another seventy-four miles.
Curving out of Iron Junction with the crossing gates already down, CN 2000 is about to block traffic as they cross Highway 7 continuing the trip across the Iron Range Sub bound for Two Harbors, MN... (more)
