DMIR 400 north fights barely visible signals and snow packed switches as they continue the trek from Two Harbors to U.S. Steel, Minntac to load taconite pellets during the first snow of the season... (more)
After coming up from the yard at Two Harbors traveling the CN Iron Range Sub, IC 6260 will shortly take the turn at Iron Jct. onto the CN Missabe Sub as the trip back to the mine for more taconite... (more)
Coming off the west loadout at U.S. Steel Minntac and down the Minntac Sub then onto the CN Missabe Sub, BLE slows up a bit before taking the left turn at Iron Jct. onto the CN Iron Range Sub to T... (more)
CN 2112 leads a raw ore train from Largo to Fairlane or from Cleveland Cliffs Thunderbird mine doen to the plant where this rock will be turned into taconite pellets for the steel industry.