A string of veteran DMIR ore cars sits on a siding track illuminated by streetlights in the former DW&P yard at Virginia, MN while the sky above has impressive northern lights display happening.

Sometimes there is more action in the sky than on the rails.

CN checking some of their infrastructure with their former passenger RDC-1 car on the CN Keenan Sub.

Heading south on the CN Iron Range Sub doing a little plowing on a cold morning.

CN 50936, a newly refurbished Jordan Spreader, is working the CN Keenan Sub with three IC SD40-3's pushing. They have cleared to the end of the line at Emmert and will now do the siding here at Wi... (more)

CN 50936, a newly refurbished Jordan Spreader, is working the CN Keenan Sub with three IC SD40-3's pushing. They are crossing over the Dempsey creek trestle as they head west.

The Keenan Job (R901) headed back to their namesake yard after switching Viking Explosives along the Keenan Sub.

Fresh snow covers the landscape and sticks to the trees of the Superior National Forest as NSM 675 passes through with taconite rock loads from the mine heading to the plant on a cold clear day.

The fall steam excursion run from the Duluth Depot to Palmers siding featuring DMIR 332 rolls on the Lakefront line under the Fitgers Brewery complex on the shore of Lake Superior.

The fall steam excursion run from the Duluth Depot to Palmers siding featuring DMIR 332.

Waiting for lights to depart the plant with northern lights all over.

Almost to the plant at Silver Bay, NSMX 673 is within the last few miles of their trip to the taconite plant and dock on the shore of Lake Superior.

The signals at Iron Jct. shine bright on a foggy evening as they protect movements along the CN Missabe sub.

Heading east with rock from the mine on a nice fall afternoon in the woods of northern Minnesota.

A southbound freight approaches the Ramshaw green over red signal while lighting up the fall foliage along the way as the northern lights provide some color in the sky.