BLE 909 and sister BLE 906 continue to be paired up (thanks, CN!!!) to move rock from United Taconite's Thunderbird mine coarse crusher down to their plant about 10 miles away where it's made into... (more)

DMIR 404 and sister DMIR 406 are currently paired up to move rock from the United Taconite Thunderbird mine down to their Fairlane processing plant 113 cars at a time. Seen passing the former DMI... (more)

A nice winter afternoon under clear skies and cold temperatures as CN 2918 brings ore loads south from the mine heading to the plant.

A nice pair of SD60's and colorful boxcars head down the Missabe sub planning for a stop a Keenan yard shortly.

Heading south while a DP unit heads north along the double track portion of the CN Missabe sub.

Heading south down the Missabe sub past Iron Jct. MN with steaming pellets after leaving the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.

Heading south through Iron Jct. MN on a cold clear day.

A northbound container train just clears in time to not cast a shadow on the southbound pellet train as they are about to take a right turn and head for Two Harbors with these loads from the Minnt... (more)

Coming up from Two Harbors for a date with the Minorca mine loadout on a cold afternoon.

Heading back to Proctor with a mostly empty limestone train on a cold day in northern Minnesota.

A rare move of still steaming taconite pellets coming north off the CN Iron Range sub and using the east leg of the wye at Iron Jct. to head down the CN Missabe sub to Proctor yard instead of the ... (more)

A CN snow fighter equipped with a jet blower attachment attempts to keep switches snow free on the north end of Keenan yard as more snow falls.

It's quiet, and it's snowing, and trains are running.

After assembling their train in the yard at Keenan, it's time to come out and hit the Missabe sub for the trip north up to U.S. Steel's Minntac plant for loading these 140 cars with 20,000 tons of... (more)

With their work done at Keenan yard and the train assembled on the main again it's time to dial up the dispatcher and get some signals for the trip heading down to Proctor yard.