Led by an SD40-2Q, Canadian National's U791 rounds the bend as it rolls through Iron Junction, Minnesota and past a DMIR searchlight signal that guards the junction. With a load of taconite pellet... (more)
CN 2020 leads train U791, a loaded ore train, by the hotbox detector at Fairbanks in Brimson, MN.
CN 2020 leads U791 to Two Harbors, passing through desolate Skibo, MN.
CN 2020 leads train U791 from Minntac to Two Harbors, passing through Highland at Highland Lake Road.
With another load of taconite pellets, CN U791 heads towards Two Harbors behind two EMD's and a GE, passing by a DMIR searchlight signal at Spruce.
On an extremely cold morning, ore loads out of Minntac head south past the DM&IR searchlights in Fayal. A trio of standard cab Dash 8's have the steaming pellets rolling along at a good clip as th... (more)
The GE power is starting to take hold on the Iron Range. A trio of Dash-8s can be seen here leading hot taconite loads from Minntac south out of Mountain Iron at the beginning of their journey ... (more)
