It's always nice to be able to pull over and just listen as these old veterans approach at track speed doing what they are supposed to do and that's earn revenue for the CN mothership.

As the thick cloud cover clears away, DMIR 400, DMIR 406 and DMIR 409 call to depart Minntac for Two Harbors with favorable signals for the start of the journey they drop down the hill at m.p. 5 o... (more)

It's a cold morning hauling hot taconite pellets as IC 6254 emerges from the shadows heading south for Proctor, MN.

The clouds cleared just in time as three DMIR SD40-3's and 145 Missabe ore cars loaded with taconite pellets roar by at track speed.

Hot marbles heading south on a frosty morning.

A trio of DMIR SD40-3's and taconite loads.

Steaming pellets make their way south for Proctor, MN.

Humming along passing through Iron Jct., MN, DMIR 400 heads back to Proctor, MN with still steaming taconite loads.

Another triple set running around NE Minnesota garnering a fair amount of attention is this set of former DM&IR units. Here they are coming down from U.S. Steel with steaming taconite pellets in t... (more)

Rounding the bend with steaming taconite pellets in tow.

Emerging from the fog, DMIR 406 gets on the throttle coming off the double track portion of the CN Missabe sub as they roll towards Proctor, MN with taconite loads from the U.S. Steel Minntac plan... (more)

U.S. Steel Minntac made taconite pellets head to Proctor, MN behind DMIR 409. Just imagine how good her maroon paint would look in this low winter afternoon light.

A trio of SD40's and old DMIR ore cars loaded to the brim with steaming taconite pellets rolling down the Missabe sub bound for Proctor, MN.

Track speed on a cold winter afternoon.

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