With snow falling, empties meet loads at Gilbert, MN on the CN Iron Range sub.

Gliding around the curve while on the approach to U.S. Steel Minntac property.

Almost to the end of the CN Iron Range sub, the crew gives a friendly wave as they continue north.

With a light snow falling a thundering herd of four EMD's with 144 cars of taconite pellets behind them momentarily breaks the silence as they run track speed southbound down the CN Iron Range Sub... (more)

The last SD40-3 in Missabe maroon paint leads the charge north from Two Harbors to the U.S. Steel Minntac taconite plant with empties while a few leave still hold on the trees as the fall season t... (more)

A northbound empty ore train from Two Harbors, MN makes it's way past the signals at S. Biwabik as the trek back to the mine for loading continues.

A week ago it was clear and minus 40 degrees and now today, a week later, it's overcast with a light rain falling and 37 degrees as DMIR 407 runs track speed towards Two Harbors no longer under th... (more)

What a difference a day makes. Twenty four hours earlier northern Minnesota's Iron Range was being pummeled by heavy snow and strong winds during the first snow event of the season and now the ski... (more)

The northbound empties have just cleared the tail end of the still steaming southbound loads after a rolling meet at Jones on the CN Iron Range sub.

With the sun blanketing the northern Minnesota landscape, BLE 900 continues to lead the charge northbound on the CN Iron Range sub headed for U.S. Steel Minntac with 145 empties after just complet... (more)

A sucker hole bursts through the clouds for a split second to illuminate the nose of freshly repainted BLE 900 as it and 3 other EMD's pull 145 empties north on the CN Iron Range sub destined for ... (more)

Black, white and CN all over as a northbound empty taconite train takes the siding at S. Biwabik to meet a counterpart southbound loaded taconite train that will arrive shortly. CN 6024 (SD40-2u)... (more)

A U-790 loads on the east at U.S. Steel Minntac. There is the huge stockpile on the right that Minntac has had to put on the ground and that is what has been feeding the E-Rail trains to Escanaba... (more)

It's always busy when the largest taconite mine in the U.S. is running at capacity. At this facility, iron-bearing rock called taconite is mined and processed into iron ore pellets. Annual product... (more)

Illinois Central 6264 leads it's train back from Two Harbors under perfect fall conditions on Minnesota's Iron Range. The train will load taconite pellets at U.S. Steel Minntac before returning t... (more)