CN 2033 leads a Northbound ID past the abandoned Thunderbird South mine area.

Due to a washout on the North Shore Scenic Railroad's Lakefront line, this train minus the CN 2033, was trapped at the depot in Two Harbors. Today, CN rescued it and is bringing it "around th... (more)

Due to washout on the North Shore Scenic Railroad's Lakefront line, this train minus the CN 2033, was trapped at the depot in Two Harbors. Today, CN rescued it and is bringing it back home to Dulu... (more)

Empty ore train coming up from Two Harbors, MN and across the landscape of NE Minnesota heading to a taconite plant to load pellets.

On a typical spring day with dark skies, cold winds and mixed precipitation, CN 2033 slows while coming into the curve at Biwabik on the running track to wait for a northbound that will keep on mo... (more)

Cleveland Cliffs owned Minorca mine loads headed for Two Harbors on a dreary spring day with rain falling.

Limestone empties head downhill on a code blue morning.

Gliding past the former DM&IR engine house (still used by CN MOW) and the small simplified depot (used by the local VFW) and the veteran DM&IR ore cars ( still used for BFT service in the warmer m... (more)

A trio of Dash 8's and 145 ore cars quietly glide around the curve at Biwabik along the CN Iron Range sub the falling snow dampening the usual sounds of the 598 axels slightly.

A fog filled morning with the red CN nose as really the only color around on this southbound taconite train.

Southbound CN 2033 leads 145 cars of steaming taconite pellets through a valley between two old mine dumps full ablaze in fall color.

Rolling south along the CN Iron Range sub at Gilbert, MN amidst the fall colors during their peak.

It's early morning with an abundance of fog as a loaded ore train going towards Two Harbors, MN quietly rolls south along the CN Iron Range sub at Gilbert, MN amidst the fall colors.

The world of modernization is closing in on the Ex Duluth Missabe and Iron Range main lines of Northern Minnesota. The DMIR's maroon locomotives that once ruled these rails have transitioned to Ca... (more)

A trio of standard cab C40-8s lead empty CN ore train U79082 into the siding between Gilbert and Biwabik Minnesota to meet a loaded ore train bound for Two Harbors.