CN 2025 barking upgrade through Allen Jct. on the way to the yard and dock facilities at Two Harbors.
Easy on Sunday morning as iron ore pellets head for Two Harbors.
While the scenery is blah on an early spring morning, the freshy washed leader certainly adds a pop of color.
Approaching Noimi Jct as they are about to come off the Minntac Sub and onto the Missabe Sub before the left turn onto the Iron Range Sub at Iron Jct. for the remainder of the trip home.
A clean leader leads a trio of dash 8s and 145 cars of iron ore pellets off the Minntac property as the roll towards Two Harbors, MN to complete the trip.
A nice spring morning as an iron ore train rolls through the quiet landscape.
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 2025 departing Minntac with iron ore pellets for Two Harbors in the midst of peak fall color.
Descending from Minntac with 145 iron ore loads in tow while snow falls across the landscape.
A trio of Dash 8s pulling 145 cars of still steaming pellets bound for Two Harbors. Another 30 seconds and this shot would have been blocked by a northbound all-rail taconite train that was headin... (more)
More marbles from the Minntac taconite plant bound for Two Harbors.
A train of iron ore headed to Two Harbors approaches the green signal at Noimi Jct. while heading down the CN Minntac sub on a foggy evening.
Blue skies, colorful leaves and steaming taconite pellets.
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.
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)
