Fresh out of Minntac with freshly made iron ore pellets bound for Proctor tard.

Windmill train CN X319 is changing crews at Turcot Ouest, one of the last of these to run. The producer of these pieces (LM Wind Power) switched from producing 47-metre long blades to 107-metre on... (more)

Still looking decently fresh, CN 3273 leads CN X309 away from Turcot Ouest after changing crews.

CN 120 has three gevos and a test box car up front.

The usual trio of standard cab Dash 8's are dispersing a lot of heat from their dynamic brakes as they hold back a loaded taconite train on their descent into Two Harbors, MN.

CSX loaded potash train B241 tackles the grade at Kennesaw behind a pair of CN Gevos

Dumped out at the plant and returning to the mine to reload, CN 2112 gets going north on the CN Missabe Sub at Fairlane.

After finishing up their work at the Minntac plant, the Keenan Switch job takes the rarely used switch at Noimi Jct. to head north to Virginia to pick up some cars in the former DWP yard before re... (more)

Iron ore pellets southbound from the Iron Range to Proctor yard.

A rare sight to find DMIR 215 out of captivity. Usually, it never leaves Proctor yard anymore much less do it go north. IIRC these two were being used to pull cars from storage in the former LTV m... (more)

Early morning finds CN 5419 pulling through Virginia and track speed while a CN MOW crew has a job briefing and a Loram work train gets fired up for the day.

Typical Minnesota fall weather and scenery. Dreary, an ore train and colored leaves.

Coming into the yard at Biwabik to put some cars into storage on some unused tracks in the old yard once used for natural ore sorting and staging from area mines.

Through the S curve on the double track section of the CN Missabe sub on the way up to Minntac to load iron ore pellets.

CN 321 has a pair of SD70M-2s as it heads west with 82 cars. It will go into Taschereau Yard in a short distance to lift more cars.