A northbound empty taconite train headed to the Minorca mine for loading makes it's way past the old signals that once protected the EVTAC mines south crusher tracks along the CN Iron Range Sub. n... (more)

It's -11 degrees and the wind chill is roughly -30 below zero but the skies are clear. Good day for train photos/ bad day to be working on the railroad. A U-788 bound for the U.S. Steel Minntac ... (more)

With steam curling off it's heavy payload, a trio of tunnel motors head for Two Harbors.

A U-789 Minntac west side pellet loader with 140 loads of steaming taconite pellets rolls through Fayal on the shortest day of the year.

DM&IR 406 hustles empties across the Iron Range Sub from Two Harbors back up to the Minntac mine for loading.

A short Misc. Road Freight train out of Two Harbors moving wood siding products and being led by an engine fresh out of the paint booth, makes it's way past the old signals once used for Thunderbi... (more)

An 135 car empty ore train bound for Minorca to load taconite rolls through Fayal along the CN Iron Range Subdivision on a 60 degree late winter day.

Illinois Central 6251 makes it's way across the Iron Range as the sun makes it's way over the horizon. This train will head to U.S. Steel Minntac for loading the 135 trailing cars with taconite p... (more)

Rolling back from Two Harbors and kicking up snow, DM&IR 406 leads the charge with 135 empties trailing bound for U.S. Steel Minntac.

The last maroon tunnel motor in DM&IR paint passes what are some of the last trees with color in NE Minnesota on it's trip south with taconite pellets.

The smoke from the 100,000 acre Pigami Creek wilfire in the BWCA casts a yellow glow in the air as the sun starts it's accent to begin a new day while the DM&IR 403 leads 136 empty ore cars north... (more)

An empty ore train from Two Harbors is about to cross the CN Rainy Subdivision at Ramshaw as they continue their trip to Minntac. Love the fact the clean engine is leading as that CN red really st... (more)

On the last leg of the trip up the Iron Range Subdivision, DM&IR 211 leads the empties back from Two Harbors and will be going to the Minorca Mine for loading again.

Grain empties pound the diamond between CN's Iron Range and Rainy Subdivisions at dusk, kicking up dust. Conditions are dry in northern Minnesota!

One hundred thirty cars of blast furnance trim from Minntac loaded in low side Missabe ore cars pass by the former entrance to then Eveleth Taconites Thunderbird south. These old cars probably sa... (more)