CN 5337 spots cars for dumping on top of CN dock 6 while a boat loads iron ore pellets.

A general freight works it's past m.p. 100 doing track speed along the CN Rainy Sub passing through the small town of Cook, MN.

A KCS unit somehow found its way to the point of A439, CN's Proctor Yard, MN to Symington Yard, Winnipeg, MB and is shown here passing the signals for Keenan yard on the CN Missabe Sub.

The sun has set, and things are getting colder in the yard at United taconite as a pellet train prepares to leave and head back to Proctor and a T-Bird is almost dumped out from bringing more rock... (more)

A late afternoon departure with iron ore pellets bound for Proctor yard.

One of those nights a person just doesn't forget. Standing trackside at 0100 on a peaceful night watching the sky come alive.

It was kind of neat when CN assigned the EJ&E heritage unit to Proctor for a short stint. Here it was leading a stone train up to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.

A nice spring morning as an iron ore train rolls through the quiet landscape.

GTW 6223 doing some switching chores on the south end of CN's Keenan Yard.

After departing the Minorca mine and dropping down the southside of the Laurentian Divide, CN 2031 next prepares for a meet at the former DW&P yard at Virginia before continuing on towards Two Har... (more)

Preparing to shove back loads of iron ore pellets onto CN dock 6 to fill the waiting boat. A lot will change to this scene in the coming years as the trees grow higher, the older EMDs go away and ... (more)

On its maiden run back to Proctor yard, CN 3323 waits in the siding at Kelsey for a meet with a northbound limestone train led by CN 3203. Big GEs and like it or not, this will be the face of the... (more)

CN 3323's first trip in ore service since a rebuild plus having a straight air system installed and with the shiny new ore cars trailing behind fully loaded with iron ore pellets from United Tacon... (more)

Loaded iron ore train from the Minorca mine to Two Harbors, MN slowly creeps down the siding at Virginia while a loaded sand train is full throttle gaining speed and momentum about to start the cl... (more)

A northbound CN freight streaks up the CN Missabe through Fairlane as the aurora borealis do their thing in the sky above.