IC 6251 is about to pound the diamond with the DWP at Ramshaw with 140 loads for Two Harbors.

One of the few IC deathstar's still running pulls 140 loads through Iron Junction for Two Harbors.

A look back at the six EMDs destroyed in a head-on crash north of Two Harbors on September 30, 2010 involving two ore trains on the former DM&IR. The crews had injuries but luckily survived. Five ... (more)

Minntac loads howl around the curve into Two Harbors Yard.

IC 2709 leads 382 off the Dundas Subdivision amid fall colours in the trees.

Coming down from U.S. Steel Minntac with 141 loads of steaming taconite pellets, IC 6252 prepares for the shove and will yard the train in Keenan before eventually going down to Proctor with them.

Illinois Central farm country
An Illinois Central southbound freight (CHG) passes a picturesque barn between Ashkum and Danforth, Illinois, on June 12, 1990.

Fourteen years after the merger with CN there are still some Illinois Central lettered locomotives to be found like these two in the CN Decatur yard. IC 6201 & 1027.

Illinois Central power pulls a mixed freight out of the yard and across the diamonds.

What a lashup! IC E9A 101 is paired with two F units from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum collection during the 2004 Railfan Weekend event, which featured cab units from various midwest railroa... (more)

CN and LORAM have been busy replacing rails, ties and ballast. These empties kick up fresh ballast dust heading north.

A million dollars of ore blasts down the hill for Two Harbors with a nice wave from the engineer.

Q198 rolls south through Plainfield with a Dash 9 in charge. A GEVO was pushing at the rear as a DPU.

A study in contrasts as black and white IC 6252 grinds upgrade past maple trees near full color.

CN 114 hits the curve at Mount Albert with mixed manifest upfront followed by double stacks.