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.

A limestone train makes its way north on the CN Missabe sub.

CN 2004 rounds the bend through the yard at Biwabik and is about to take the N. Biwabik signal as the EOT device follows along on the tail end of U790 as the northern lights do their thing in the ... (more)

The northern lights made a brief appearance over the CN Keenan Sub and the one signal that guards the approach into the north end Keenan yard.

Empties head back west at about the halfway point in their journey between the plant and the mine.

Early morning fog with a trio of Dash 8's and ore cars coming up the CN Iron Range sub.

Shiny new AC44C6M's are taking over the former Missabe as power for ore moves. Here is the first set, assigned as T-Bird power, coming thru the pre-dawn fog out of the yard after dumping 95 cars ... (more)

Twenty minutes after sunrise with Canadian wildfire smoke filling the air and a little fog holding on, CN 2010 makes its way north on the CN Iron Range sub.

Typical Minnesota fall weather and scenery. Dreary, an ore train and colored leaves.

The show must go on as two iron ore trains meet at Biwabik while the aurora borealis light up the night sky.

Leaving Superior, Wisconsin with a set out planned for the mill at Cloquet, the Grand Rapids local now arrives at Grand Rapids for a set out and pick-up at the Blandin mill in this town before hea... (more)

A frosty morning as iron ore moves towards Two Harbors.