A U789 from Minntac rolls south down the CN Iron Range sub on Christmas Day 2020. The steam from the fresh baked taconite pellets, the wind blown snow from the passing train and the low sun angle... (more)
Loads from the Minorca mine round the bend and come into view as they are about to duck under county road 666 and knock the signal down and Nugget on the CN Iron Range sub.
Coming down the mountain from U.S. Steel Minntac at m.p. 5 on the CN Minntac sub, CN 2040 leads 145 ore cars filled to capacity on a frost covered afternoon as they head for Two Harbors, MN.