CN 2029 leads U717, a hot load of taconite, against the morning sun at the Highway 33 overhead bridge in Saginaw, MN.

Loaded iron ore train from the Minorca mine to Two Harbors, MN slowly creeps down the siding at Virginia while a loaded sand train is full throttle gaining speed and momentum about to start the cl... (more)

Kicking off National Train Day 2024 at 0100, southbound iron ore loads wait for a northbound empty as they cross paths at Biwabik under some impressive aurora borealis taking place in the sky abov... (more)

CN 2039, about to take the signal at S. Biwabik, hauls iron ore pellets into the darkness on the trip back to Two Harbors while snow falls and swirls about.

CN 2025 departing Minntac with iron ore pellets for Two Harbors in the midst of peak fall color.

A trio of Dash 8s pull a string of brand spanking new ore cars up Proctor Hill after dumping iron ore pellets at CN dock 6.

Heading to the plant from the mine crossing over Elbow Creek south of Iron Jct. MN.

Crossing the St. Louis River on a nice spring morning.

Taking the curve around Highland Lake CN 2004, in charge of U791 which is iron ore pellets from the Minorca mine, will shortly begin the downgrade drop into Two Harbors which is 14 more miles ahea... (more)

I shot a lot of SP trains around Galesburg in the mid-90s. One thing I didn't get leading were these Colt Belt Dash 8s. Here, a pair of them lead a westbound SP train over the ATSF Chili Sub towar... (more)

Rumblin, bumbling and gurgling along with snow falling as a T-Bird train is moving crude ore from the mine to the plant.

Blasting around the curve at track speed CN 2004 is about to knock the signal down at Nugget while on the move back to Two Harbors with iron ore loads.

The mine at Minorca isn't as busy as the other 2 mines on the Range, but trains still come and go daily from this plant. A trio of C40's chug along as they pull a train of empties from Two Harbors... (more)

Loads out of Minntac are back on the Two Harbors Sub for the 70 or so miles back to their destination at Two Harbors. The train pokes around the Iron Jct Wye at 10 mph, before getting back up to s... (more)

Making the turn off the CN Missabe sub and about to enter the United Taconite property with loads of raw ore are two clean, 15-year anniversary artwork painted dash8s that were taken out of the CN... (more)