KCS 5000 leads taconite pellets south on the CN Minntac Sub on a cold winter afternoon.

A nice spring evening deserves a flashback to the winter of 2021 and a cold February afternoon with a temperature of minus 20 and cold NW wind blowing. KSC 5000 leads the still steaming taconite ... (more)

KSC 5000 leads a loaded U.S. Steel Minntac to New Orleans pellet train down the CN Missabe sub on a cold Minnesota afternoon.

On a cold February afternoon B&LE hoppers loaded with taconite pellets with CN and KSC power run down the CN Missabe sub eventually bound for New Orleans for loading in a boat to take to a Europea... (more)

A cold in hell is a common phrase used to describe a rare occurrence or event and since it was bone chilling cold on this day with a air temp of -20 and a wind chill reading making it feel much co... (more)

CN SD70M-2 8827 leads today’s southbound ore train with 99 loads headed for North Bessemer yard. After climbing out of the Thorn Creek watershed the engines can ease up as the rest of the trip... (more)

Heading south with taconite pellets from U.S. Steel Minntac in B&LE hoppers with CN and KSC power bound for New Orleans for loading in a boat to take to a European steel mill. Global economics.

Running across the frozen landscape of northern Minnesota with fresh loads of taconite pellets bound for Europe.

As a short daylight winter's day nears it's end, KCS 5000 hauls steaming pellets south from U.S. Steel Minntac towards the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans to be transloaded into larger dr... (more)

Exhaust all around and KCS 5000 gets rolling again after a crew change. The lead unit and DPU exhaust is visible as is the U.S. Steel Minntac plant some 15 miles behind and where this train origi... (more)

While a fresh crew gets settled in aboard KCS 5000 they are overtaken and subsequently passed by CN 2000 leading an empty limestone train back to Proctor. KCS 5000 has a slightly longer trip ahea... (more)

With EOT signal lights aglow, the DPU engine of today’s southbound ore train pushes hard on 99 loads headed for North Bessemer yard.

It's a cold winter's day as KSC 5000 leads a loaded U.S. Steel Minntac to New Orleans pellet train down from the plant on a frigid afternoon in NE Minnesota. The world's largest taconite plant is... (more)

With MT’s in tow, the northbound daily ore train makes an early appearance as it heads back to Conneaut for a refill.

Amidst snow flurries moving into the area, ex SP Tunnel Motor leads an all orange consist of new ore jennies north with the dwarf siding signal on sentry.