As they climb the grade into Allen Jct. they are also slowing for a meet and greet with an empty coming up from Two Harbors, MN on this cold day.

A nice afternoon finds an empty ore train moving along.

Just about loaded out from the coarse crusher at United Taconite. in the background its counterpart is waiting for them to depart so they can then get into position to load. Both of these Dash8 ... (more)

Heading back to the mine to reload on a nice fall morning. Both of these units are now headed for an unknown fate after having been removed from the CN ore pool and likely retired.

Not a site you would expect to see in 2023. CN 2112, CN 2107 and CN Transfer Van CN 76665 sit outside of the Walker Yard Diesel Shop.

Coming off the CN Missabe Sub at Iron Jct., CN 2025 turns east for the southbound trip down the yard at Two Harbors with taconite pellets.

A pop of CN red amongst a forest of yellows.

Heading back to the mine for more taconite pellets.

Splitting the hills made from former mining activity, CN 2041 is coming north from Two Harbors amid peak fall colors.

CN 2040 comes at track speed down the main past a whole lot of boxcars in storage here at Biwabik. In its heyday, this yard would have been full of ore cars and switch jobs when the natural ore m... (more)

Cutting through the morning fog as the Dash 8s and 145 ore cars travel north on the CN Iron Range Sub.

CN 2000 splits the signals at Fairbanks, Minnesota on its way to the ore dock at Two Harbors with a load of hot, steaming Taconite pellets. The pellets originated as raw ore at the Minntac Mine be... (more)

The peak of colored leaves has come and is now gone across NE Minnesota. On this day near the peak, CN 2040 called RTC to depart Minntac only to come down and around the corner in full sun and th... (more)

Just a few minutes before sunset, CSX L053 makes way across the Fore River Inlet bridge in Portland, Maine as it approaches its termination point of Rigby Yard. A pair of former CSX C40-8's, now b... (more)

The first snow of the season falls as an empty pellet ID heads north through Sparta heading to load at U.S. Steel Minntac.