Taking the signal to depart Largo with 114 loads X 2 idler cars, CN 2890 passes in front of MRL 115, a GP9 used at a rock crushing operation nearby.

After traffic has cleared and with favorable signals, CN 2890 departs Largo (United Taconite's coarse crusher and mine) for their processing plant 10 miles to the south at Forbes, MN.

Two Birds at the nest. CN 2890 is loaded up and ready to depart Largo (mine) for United Taconite's Fairlane plant once traffic on the CN Missabe Sub and Rainy Sub clears. Once they are gone, the... (more)

Fog and snow shroud the area but DMIR 404 sticks out like a sore thumb with its brand recognition logo leading a T-Bird loading at United Taconite.

A 3/4 ground level wedgie of DMIR 400, CN 6013 and DMIR 402 with train at Largo waiting for the all clear from the mine so they can shove back and under the coarse crusher loadout pocket at United... (more)

On a cold winter's day L568 runs down the CN Rainy sun from Rainer, MN and will take a right turn and on to the CN Missabe sub and with no pick-ups or setouts at Keenan yard will continue the run ... (more)

It seems that lately the CN power desk has been assigning anything and everything for power on the T-Bird job. Today is this pair of GE ET44AC units ( CN 3023, CN 3042) this spring and winter was... (more)

The latest pair to the CN ore pool are these two ES44AC units replacing a pair of Dash 8's. Here they are after a crew change waiting for the mine to green light them allowing them to shove back u... (more)

A southbound oil train rumbles along the CN Rainy main just south of Virginia, MN. This area from the signal to about where the rear of the train is was where the old DMIR would interchange with ... (more)

BNSF 6320 waits for a green light from the mine control room before shoving under the coarse crusher to load.

CN is temporarily receiving a number of Union Pacific and BNSF AC locomotives for horsepower payback and two of those BNSF units have found their way to northern Minnesota to be used on T-Bird ser... (more)

Departing the mine, headed to the plant. With a little dust off the top of the freshly mined and course crushed rock.

Out of the Minorca mine thru Minorca Jct. and down the CN Rainy sub with a right turn at Shelton Jct. onto the CN Missabe sub passing thru DW&P Jct. With several hours of the trip to go, CN 2001 i... (more)

A nice change of pace were these three EMD's on a T-Bird train instead of a Dash 8 duo that's been the norm in recent years. DMIR 402, IC 6255 and DMIR 409 with 120 veteran DMIR ore cars in tow ha... (more)

A nice change of pace were these three EMD's on a T-Bird train instead of a Dash 8 duo that's been the norm in recent years. Here they are returning from the plant pulling up for head room to cle... (more)