After meeting a northbound intermodal core train, CN loaded iron ore train U717 pulls out of the siding at the south end of Coons in Saginaw, Minnesota. Steam wafts off the cars as the freshly bak... (more)

BLE 903 leads train U713 south from Mountain Iron to Proctor, passing through Meadowlands Township, MN at Swenson Road.

Train U717 from Fairlane with loads for Duluth, approaching Norway Ridge Road in Forbes, MN.

Blizzard conditions were forecast. Nailed it. DMIR 406 leads an empty pellet train north along the Missabe sub encountering some blowing and drifting snow along the way.

With a train of steaming pellets from the Fairlane Taconite Plant in tow, DMIR 406 leads CN U71781-04 as it slowly makes its way into the yard at Proctor, Minnesota and rolls past a trio of IC SD4... (more)

With some incredible timing, a CN manifest freight M356 cruises south on the Rainy Sub as loaded ore train U717 rolls east towards Proctor on the Missabe Sub, creating a perfect over-under on the ... (more)

It's always nice to be able to pull over and just listen as these old veterans approach at track speed doing what they are supposed to do and that's earn revenue for the CN mothership.

Rounding the bend with steaming taconite pellets in tow.

Emerging from the fog, DMIR 406 gets on the throttle coming off the double track portion of the CN Missabe sub as they roll towards Proctor, MN with taconite loads from the U.S. Steel Minntac plan... (more)

A lengthy ballast train returns off the CN Iron Range Sub here at East Wye after dumping further south down by Two Harbors, MN as CN continues to rehab the route from the mines of the Iron Range t... (more)

Coming off the CN Iron Range Sub and now shoving into the CN Keenan yard with a long empty ballast train.

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)