CVR's road freight to Dodge City nears the outskirts of town behind #4053.

Passing through the tight confines of S. Fairbanks with its big Norway pines and aspen on either side of the tracks.

Hitting a sliver of sun while cutting through the early morning fog on the way to Minntac to load 145 cars with pellets.

CN 2004 rounds the bend through the yard at Biwabik and is about to take the N. Biwabik signal as the EOT device follows along on the tail end of U790 as the northern lights do their thing in the ... (more)

A trio of Dash 8s that have since been "retired" from the CN ore pool move iron ore pellets south down the Missabe sub.

Loads of pellets round the curve at Highland Lake and will meet a northbound empty before continuing on.

Minorca mine made iron ore pellets pass by Wales along the Iron Range sub as they travel down to Two Harbors, MN.

Three Dash 8s (2004, 2040, 2010) pull 145 cars of iron ore pellets across the diamond at Ramshaw while under the cover of darkness as they head for Two Harbors, MN.

Having navigated half the S-curve just north of Sparta, MN, CN 2007 will swing to the right for the second half shortly as the trip north to the mine to reload some more iron ore pellets continues... (more)

A pair of Pan Am Dash 8's, now once again operating under CSX, lead local freight L053 as it heads east on the Waterville Subdivision and crosses the Androscoggin River just above the Great Falls ... (more)

Racing towards Two Harbors with a mix of clouds and sun, CN 2027 is in full sun for a few more feet as they approach Brimson, MN on the CN Iron Range sub.

Coming to the end of their journey from the Minorca mine with 145 carloads of iron ore pellets, CN 2027 knocks down the signal entering the yard at Two Harbors, MN.

With their days hauling iron ore numbered as CN churns out more Dash 9/AC44C6M rebuilds with the straight air, a trio of Dash 8s move pellets towards two Harbors on a nice fall morning.

A crisp fall morning provides the right conditions to create some steam coming off the iron ore pellets as they travel down from the Minntac taconite plant.

Early morning fog with a trio of Dash 8's and ore cars coming up the CN Iron Range sub.