Loaded pellets head through Biwabik during a brief spring blizzard.

An empty for the Minntac Mine near Iron Mountain is in the siding at Biwabik to meet a loaded rock train that just came out of the Minntac Mine. The rock trains are seasonal trains on the Iron Ran... (more)

A couple of old DM&IR M.o.W. carts rest near the end of the track while a 120 car string of old DM&IR quad sets rest waiting for warmer weather and the return (hopefully) to BFT service.

DM&IR 403 has already gone by heading towards Two Harbors with steaming taconite pellets and the F.R.E.D. is following along in it's tracks.

Familiar faces of GMD's best mainline power from the 1970s and early 1980s sit side-by-side at Biwabik. The Keenan Switch deposits cars in Biwabik Yard before taking coal loads to Minnesota Power'... (more)

It's a -25 degree morning with a wind chill reading of -40 and the crew is hoping they don't have any problems with the train as they roll thru Biwabik heading for Two Harbors with loads of steami... (more)

Loads from the west side Minntac mine loadout hold the main with a fresh crew as empties from Two Harbors pass by on the siding heading for the Minntac east side loadout.

Coming back from Two Harbors, the DM&IR 408 takes the siding at Biwabik as they continue northward for Minntac and a reload of these cars.

With a new crew on board, the IC 6252 continues southward for Two Harbors under clear skies and cold temps.

DM&IR 408 and crew get a good roll-by from the CN track inspector as they sail though Biwabik at track speed heading for Two Harbors.

At 40 years old, the #406 has already been on Missabe property for 16 years!

The former Missabe/DM&IR 403, which could now be considered a CN "heritage" unit in theory, leads 135 loads of taconite southbound on the Iron Range Subdivision at Biwabik as they travel towards T... (more)

"Normally" Two Harbors consists are flipped every day, lead up one day, trail the next. After seeing the #403 lead on Sunday, I held out no hope of shooting her today. But lo and behold for some r... (more)

Taconite pellets steam towards Two Harbors behind CN 6018, IC 6261 and DM&IR 403 as a sucker hole of sun breaks through and illuminates the train.

The DM&IR 403 is racing down the main at track speed heading for Two Harbors with 135 loads of taconite pellets which are still steaming from the 1200 degree furnaces where they were made at U.S. ... (more)