A Keenan yard to International Falls, MN local kicks up some fresh snow as they are at track speed and about 10 minutes into their trip up to the Canadian border.

The first snowfall of the season has hit northern Minnesota while BLE 906 leads the charge through the snow with Minntac pellets in tow bound for Two Harbors.

It's smooth sailing for the crew on board U-789 south from U.S. Steel Minntac traveling to Two Harbors with 145 cars of taconite pellets on this fine summer evening.

A quartet of rebuilt SD40 variants power an empty ore train north near the junction at Wolf,MN on the way to Minntac for loading.

After grinding rail all day along the CN Missabe Sub, Loram RG316 and crew have now stopped grinding and pulled up to clear the nearest road crossing so as to let the support crews of water trucks... (more)

A CN land barge train rounds the sweeping curve approaching Wolf with two units on the point and two DPU's mid train.

An empty T-Bird trains runs back to the mine after departing the plant as the snow begins to intensify.

A Missabe tunnel motor is sandwiched in between a couple of IC units on a tac loaded near Wolf.

A full moon illuminates the signals while the signals illuminate the rail and surroundings at Noimi Jct. on the CN Minntac Sub.

IC 6250 storms north through the snow heading for U.S. Steel, Minntac to load taconite pellets.

A trio of SD40-3's pulling veteran Missabe ore cars southbound along the Minntac Sub after departing U.S. Steel, Minntac with factory fresh taconite pellets streaming in the cold night air while r... (more)

CN 5338 (SD40-2), CN 5318 (SD40-2W), CN 5349 (SD40-2W) and CN 5244 (SD40-2W) light the lamps while leading 145 empty cars north from Two Harbors for loading at the U.S. Steel Minntac plant at Moun... (more)

Battle of Light. The signals at Noimi Jct. battle to protect the CN Minntac Sub from an oncoming train. The signals won and the train headed up the CN Missabe Sub.

With just minutes to go before the work block expires, factory fresh Loram RGS Specialty Grinder RGS 8 works on the Missabe Sub at Mountain Iron Jct. grinding rail for CN in the last light of the ... (more)

A dirty pair of Dash 8's split the searchlights at Wolf as they head south on the Missabe Sub. for the United Taconite plant with rock.