A frosty morning as iron ore moves towards Two Harbors.

A pair of BN greens work the yard at Kelly Lake as they finish up for the day.

After dumping crude ore loads at the plant, the skies have cleared as the sun sets for the return trip back to the mine.

Coming down the Missabe sub with crude ore loads just barely dodging cloud shadows along the way.

Shoving an empty all-rail north through Iron Jct and on up to Minntac for loading.

While the scenery is blah on an early spring morning, the freshy washed leader certainly adds a pop of color.

Approaching Noimi Jct as they are about to come off the Minntac Sub and onto the Missabe Sub before the left turn onto the Iron Range Sub at Iron Jct. for the remainder of the trip home.

A clean leader leads a trio of dash 8s and 145 cars of iron ore pellets off the Minntac property as the roll towards Two Harbors, MN to complete the trip.

Anniversary logos pulling crude ore loads south.

A bluebird weather day as U717 rolls south through the bog with new ore cars filled with steaming iron ore pellets.

The sun is burning through some early morning fog as L568 rumbles along.

Oil train passing through what used to be the interchange yard between the DMIR and CN at Shelton.

A pair of SD60's rip north at track speed with freight from Proctor yard and Keenan yard for Ranier, MN.

The R901 crew uses the north leg of the wye on the south end of CN's Keenan yard for headroom while switching cars around and after the switch is thrown the engineer shoves back into the yard.

After switching out one gondola and picking two up from a metal recycling business, the Kelly Lake local is heading west about to pass under the former DMIR steel bridge just outside of downtown H... (more)