A nice afternoon as CN 2020 heads north to load iron ore.
Rounding the bend on the west wye as U788 comes off the Iron Range sub and heads north.
Coming off the CN Iron Range sub and turning north at Iron Jct. for the rest of the trip up to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant to load iron ore.
On the way up to the Minntac mine on a nice evening.
Creating a little shadow of their own as they go between the long shadows of a late evening.
Coming up from Two Harbors, CN 2039 runs through the Nugget control point on the CN Iron Range Sub as they travel to the Minntac mine to load iron ore pellets.
An early morning with wildfire smoke already visible in the air finds CN 2039 heading up the Minntac sub near m.p. 5 with empties that they'll start loading in about a half hour.
A little snow falling as this empty ID from Two Harbors heads for U.S. Steel Minntac to load the trailing ore cars.
A nice afternoon finds an empty ore train moving along.
Splitting the hills made from former mining activity, CN 2041 is coming north from Two Harbors amid peak fall colors.
The first snow of the season falls as an empty pellet ID heads north through Sparta heading to load at U.S. Steel Minntac.
A peaceful day with a train rolling through the white landscape.
Taconite loads rolling south for the yard at Two Harbors, MN
An afternoon on duty time out of Two Harbors has the crew passing thru Jones in the early evening as they make their way up to the U.S. Steel plant to load taconite pellets and a nocturnal return ... (more)
Dodging and ducking the clouds and hitting the sucker hole at the right time.
