A few more feet into the yard and the CN crew will park their train and be done for the day after spending most of shift loading and weighing 130 cars of taconite pellets at the USS Minntac plant.... (more)
Ore loads are headed to Proctor. In the consist are 2 SD9's in original paint.
T-Bird shuttle U73083 14 rolls south with its loaded jennies beneath Highway 37 near Iron Junction on the ex-DM&IR Missabe Subdivision amid the snow covered Minnesota woodlands. These trains work ... (more)
Southbound DMIR taconite train passing through Iron Junction in late afternoon.
A pair of former Illinois Central GP38-2's lead the R901 local as it heads south on the CN Missabe Sub, about to cross Elbow Creek. Originally built for the ICG in 1974, these GP38-2's do not have... (more)
A pair of Canadian National SD40-2W's and a C40-8 lead empty Difco side dump cars used for limestone service south on the Missabe Sub. About to pass under Route 37, the train is bound for the Dulu... (more)
CN 2111 leads a ore train through Iron Junction.
One of CN's C40-8M Draper Tapers leads U714 as it crosses over Elbow Creek just south of Iron Junction. The train is made up of empty Difco side dump cars used for hauling limestone and is heading... (more)
Canadian National empty ore train heads North at Iron Junction, Minnesota. CN SD40-2W 5338 (built 1980), BLE SD45T-2 900 (built 1973), DMIR SD45T-2 406 (built 1972).
Three CN C40-8s approach Iron Junction with Minntac bound ore empties
The MRF catches some afternoon sun through a hole in the trees just south of Iron Junction.
A southbound T-Bird train passes beneath MN 37 south of Iron Junction.
A pair of former Illinois Central GP38-2's lead the R901 local as it heads south on the CN Missabe Sub, crossing Elbow Creek and passing along old codeline poles.
The sun is shining as Canadian National C40-8 leads U730 with its train of raw iron ore from the T-Bird Mine towards the processing plant at Fairlane.
A pair of SD40-2W's and a C40-8 lead U714 as it crosses Elbow Creek just south of Iron Junction with an empty train of Difco side dump cars in tow.
