CN had been using sets of EMD power on the Thunderbird crude ore trains this past winter/early spring while the C40-8s usually marked for this job received PTC equipment. That equipment has been ... (more)
About to the end of the Minntac Sub, CN 2184 splits the signals at Noimi Jct. as they head back to Proctor with empty DMIR Difco side dumps after delivering loads to Minntac.
One of CN cowl Dash 8's leads an empty limestone train as it heads south on the Minntac Sub, approaching Wolf Junction to get on the Missabe Sub and proceed to Duluth for loading.
A pair of Canadian National Dash 8's lead a T-Bird mine shuttle of raw iron ore through Wolf, Minnesota, crossing the intersection of Highway 7 and Kane Road with a grade crossing that cuts a diag... (more)