Coming up from Two Harbors, DMIR 406 catches some sun as they pass by the wye used to access the Thunderbird South coarse crusher which came online in 1976 to help feed the Fairlane pellet plant. ... (more)
Coming off the CN Iron Range sub and shortly getting onto the CN Missabe sub, DMIR 406 leads with a long string of ballast cars in tow that they will shove into Keenan yard.
Coming back north on the CN Iron Range Sub, DMIR 406 pulls a very long ballast train back towards Keenan yard. CN is currently doing an extensive maintenance project along the line this summer.
There is no rumbling to be heard as DMIR 406 crosses over the stout former Duluth Missabe and Northern (DM&N) concrete bridge. This bridge gets plenty of tonnage in a day as this is the CN Iron R... (more)