On Halloween morning, Providence & Worcester C40-8s 4052 and 4051 are ready to depart south for Cedar Hill yard, after retrieving 56 loads from Tilcons Reeds Gap quarry in Wallingford. 

CN 2020 leads ore loads South through Biwabik.

A rare C40-8 leader heads into Jasper with Q192's train.

The wildfire smoke that plagued NE Minnesota during most of summer months has really tapered off and mostly cleared out now that fall has arrived with it's cool, clean air , blue skies and low lig... (more)

Proctor Road Switch has been busy today, handling their third move to/from the docks. These empty limestone cars will be spotted for loading.

The Cimarron Valley turned more than one head when they repainted two of their ex CSX C40-8s into this class Santa Fe-inspired scheme. The matched pair is leading a train to the BNSF interchange ... (more)

Three ex-C&NW GEs pull a loaded ore train past Highland Lake en route to the docks at Two Harbors.

CN 2119 takes limestone towards Duluth.

One of the endless ore trains being unloaded onto a ship at the Duluth ore docks.

UP 9160 leads an eastbound freight thru the Feather River Canyon in May of 1994.

CN 2029 runs south along the CN Iron Range sub with 145 cars of steaming pellets on the drawbar racing and pacing some fast moving clouds in the process.

Loaded and empty ore trains meet at Biwabik, each with a trio of CN C40-8s.

A trio of dash 8's and 145 ore cars of taconite pellets begin the trip down the CN Iron Range sub for Two Harbors, MN. coming off the CN Missabe sub at Iron Jct. west wye.

Some early morning fog still hanging around as 15,500 tons of steaming taconite pellets descend the hill from the U.S. Steel taconite plant on this cool forty degree Labor Day.

A nice quiet summer evening finds northbound CN 2031 throttling up at N. Biwabik after sitting and on the siding waiting for southbound loads to pass. After the dust, diesel exhaust, wheels squea... (more)