Loads of fresh pellets steam towards Two Harbors as empties head back to Minntac for more. A couple bad order set-outs and some empty hoppers make Biwabik Yard look like the hub it once was.

With some remaining frost yet visible from a cool night, a colorful trio of SD40-3's lead steaming iron ore pellets from Minntac through Biwabik on a perfect Sunday morning.

DM&IR 407 and two other SD40-3's lead steaming pellets from Minntac southward through Biwabik on their way towards Two Harbors. No really!

As the pellets roll. Empties come north through Biwabik on the main as loads wait to proceed south in the siding. This train would meet another set of loads at Gilbert and they would take the si... (more)

Three Death Stars and one hundred twenty ore cars roll southbound down the Iron Range Sub heading for Two Harbors with taconite pellets from U.S. Steel Minntac.

An empty iron ore train rolls thru the west end at Biwabik. This train is heading towards Minntac Mine near Mountain Iron, MN, for loading. This train is 59 miles north of Two Harbors, which is wh... (more)

On a late fall afternoon near the small northern Minnesota mining town of Biwabik, DM&IR 211 and GTW 6221 pull one gondola and two tank cars north on the Iron Range Subdivision heading for Keenan ... (more)

Old M.o.W. carts, switch stands, and a quad set of B.O. ore cars loaded with taconite pellets sit at the once busy Biwabik Yard, pieces of history from the former Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Ra... (more)

The last Missabe maroon SD40-3 on the CN active roster still thrills most Missabe fans when it's called to lead. This day was no exception as it's photographed leading 115 loads of steaming tacon... (more)

On a clear northern Minnesota day, another train of fresh baked taconite pellets heads for Two Harbors, MN under the leadership of DM&IR 403 with sisters DM&IR 408 and DM&IR 401. A quad set of ba... (more)

DM&IR 409 leads taconite loads from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant southward on the Iron Range Sub. past the CN shop and yard at Biwabik and under Big Bird's house in the last light of another winte... (more)

The Miscellaneous Road Freight or MRF heads through Biwabik heading for Allen Jct. with 30 loads of coal which will end up at the new Mesabi Nugget plant and 9 centerbeams to be dropped off on the... (more)

The morning fog has lifted giving way to a perfect fall day while the DM&IR 403 temporarily breaks the quiet of a small northern Minnesota town leading 116 loads of taconite pellets towards Two Ha... (more)

After switching a local customer and shoving into the yard at Biwabik the Keenan Switch cuts off their train and will run around to the other end hook up and head back towards Keenan Yard with the... (more)

DM&IR 403 pulls a rail train through Biwabik.