Coming off the Missabe Sub connecting track at Shelton Jct to head north on the Rainy Sub heading to Canada.

Oil train passing through what used to be the interchange yard between the DMIR and CN at Shelton.

The engineer leans back in the seat as he creeps along while loading iron ore bearing rock at the United Taconite coarse crusher at the Thunderbird mine.

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)

The local from Ranier to Proctor swings off the CN Rainy Sub at Shelton Jct getting on the CN Missabe Sub with a stop to do planned work at Keenan yard before going on to Proctor yard.

A peaceful day with a train rolling through the white landscape.

One T-Bird is all loaded up and waiting to depart while the other T-Bird waits patiently for their to load at the crusher. Sitting in the background is North Shore Track Services GP9 115 (former M... (more)

As they fly through the grade crossing, L568 gets a roll-by from the local police.

CN C40-8 2112 leads a T-bird North through Eveleth.

BLE 906 prepares to depart the Thunderbird mine as another T-bird pulls up behind it

Coming south down the CN Missabe Sub with taconite pellets from the Minorca mine led by two former Missabe SD40-3s and a trio of former CNW Dash 8s with 145 cars in tow for Two Harbors.

Leaving the mine and heading to the processing plant with taconite rock.

A pair of GEVO's are on the point of a raw ore shuttle as it crawls forward, loading the last cars of the train through the dumper at the Thunderbird Mine in Eveleth, Minnesota. Once loading is co... (more)

A nice morning heading back down to Proctor from the Iron Range with the empty limestone cars.

Crossing through the intersection while heading north on the CN Missabe Sub to go up the CN Rainy Sub to Minorca Jct. and begin plowing south back to Proctor, MN to tie up for the day.