Moving taconite pellets no matter the weather. These steaming marbles are heading for Two Harbors, MN.

Rounding the bend and shrouded in fog along the CN Iron Range sub.

This was the last set of Dash 8s roaming the Iron Range sub out of Two Harbors, MN in the CN ore pool. That pool has now dried up and the Dash 8s are no more.

A quartet of EMD tunnel motors lead a loaded CN taconite train bound for Two Harbors

On a crisp autumn evening, a trio of dash 8s take a train of empties northbound on the Iron Range Sub. Some emergency trips were made in the past couple of weeks to document these units. This set ... (more)

The last triple set of Dash 8s working out of the CN ore pool move across the CN Iron Range sub on a nice fall afternoon.

Empties are stopped and the conductor is giving a roll-by to the still steaming taconite loads that are heading south.

A duo of AC44C6Ms and 145 ore cars with steaming taconite pellets rolls through the fog with ease on the way to the Two harbors yard and dock facilities.

Iron ore pellets spill off the cars as they travel along, and CN will periodically dispatch a fleet of vacuum trucks to clean between the rails and discard them into to piles in the R.O.W.

Three of the remaining six Dash 8s still working for CN hauling iron ore make their way north on the Iron Range Sub through the fall foliage as they go up to Minntac to load.

A quiet night at Jones with the signal and the northern lights. Soon the signal will display red over yellow for the approaching train that will take the siding.

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

A trio of Dash 8s and 145 ore cars loaded with still steaming iron ore pellets quietly glide along the CN Iron Range sub at m.p. 65 heading for Two Harbors, MN on another Canadian wildfire smoke c... (more)

Taking the siding for a meet with iron ore loads.

A nice spring morning as an iron ore train rolls through the quiet landscape.