Freshly baked pellets and raw unprocessed ore meet at Cleveland-Cliffs Fairlane Processing Plant.

CN 2007 with some first light steaming pellets.

Taconite loads enter Proctor Yard.

Not much to see on this foggy morning as CN 2007, CN 2013 and IC 6254 roll 145 cars of taconite pellets along towards Two Harbors.

Barking along the CN Iron Range sub with taconite pellets in tow, a trio of Dash 8's greet the early morning sun.

CN 2007 leads a trio of GE C40-8s making good time up the grade from Two Harbors, MN at Highland Lake passing siding.The empty train is headed back to Minntac for a refill. CN 2007 was acquired by... (more)

Coming up from Two Harbors for a date with the Minorca mine loadout on a cold afternoon.

The wildfire smoke that plagued NE Minnesota during most of summer months has really tapered off and mostly cleared out now that fall has arrived with it's cool, clean air , blue skies and low lig... (more)

A trio of dash 8's and 145 ore cars of taconite pellets begin the trip down the CN Iron Range sub for Two Harbors, MN. coming off the CN Missabe sub at Iron Jct. west wye.

Thundering north on the trip from Two Harbors, MN along the CN Iron Range sub passing through the mostly empty yard at Biwabik, MN.

An empty ore train out of Two Harbors is about 80 minutes into their trip north to the Minntac Plant near Mountain Iron. These trains make a daily trips to and from Two Harbors to load ore pellets... (more)

An empty ore train out of Two Harbors is about 80 minutes into their trip north to the Minntac Plant near Mountain Iron. These trains make the 168 mile round trip to and from Two Harbors many time... (more)

Turning straight into the sun CN 2007 is on the running track for a meet with loads southbound loads on this fine Christmas day.

As the clouds moved in it was a lucky break to have a sliver of full sun between late afternoon shadows and clouds taking over to catch this northbound empty train coming off the running track aft... (more)

Northbound from Two Harbors, MN, CN 2007 is running track speed along the CN Iron Range sub thru the yard at Biwabik, MN as they continue on towards U.S. Steel Minntac to load. The string of vint... (more)