Minntac loads hold the main line at Biwabik for an empty train coming north out of Two Harbors. The yard here sees little use these days other than as storage space for unused railcars.
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.
After coming up from Two Harbors with some interchange cars and dropping them off at Keenan yard, DMIR 409 and 406 have picked up three Dash 8s for the return trip back home. The Dash 8s will rej... (more)
At the very last light of day, CN 2028 pulling 145 of CN's newest ore cars, rounds the bend through Biwabik as they head north to load iron ore at the Minorca mine.