Typical Minnesota fall weather and scenery. Dreary, an ore train and colored leaves.
A trio of Dash 8s and 145 ore cars loaded with still steaming iron ore pellets quietly glide along the CN Iron Range sub at m.p. 65 heading for Two Harbors, MN on another Canadian wildfire smoke c... (more)
Taking the siding for a meet with iron ore loads.
A nice spring morning as an iron ore train rolls through the quiet landscape.
CN 2026 leads a string of almost brand-new ore cars north near Gilbert, MN as they head to load at the Minntac taconite plant.
Moving along under the cover of fog.
Ore from the Minorca mine moves south as the sun begins to rise over the trees.
What started out as CN 2020 leading iron ore loads south will end up being CN 2028 leading iron ore loads south into Two Harbors after the crew swaps leaders due to a mechanical issue. Ultimately ... (more)
Cutting through the fog and snowless landscape as they travel down to Two Harbors, MN with Minntac made marbles.
Heading back to Keenan yard after finishing their work spotting boxcars and switching loads for empties at a blasting company.
Proudly leading an ore train like it's done so many times before the Dash 8s took over in the CN ore pool. On this day one of the Dash 8s had a mechanical failure and the old workhorse was called... (more)
A nice afternoon finds an empty ore train moving along.
Splitting the hills made from former mining activity, CN 2041 is coming north from Two Harbors amid peak fall colors.
Cutting through the morning fog as the Dash 8s and 145 ore cars travel north on the CN Iron Range Sub.
CN 5349 leads two other EMDs and an empty taconite train North over the Iron Range Sub.