In the late evening hours, CN empty sand train S77251-02 pounds the diamond at Largo, Minnesota as it continues south on the Rainy Subdivision. This junction is the north end of the Missabe Subdiv... (more)

With most of the track covered by snow, North Shore Track Services GP9 115 looks like it just parked in line with the other heavy equipment at Laurentian Aggregate in Largo, Minnesota laid up for ... (more)

An SD70M-2 leads an CN manifest fregiht as it heads south through Shelton Junction on the CN Rainy Sub. This is the junction where the CN Missabe Sub crosses over the CN Rainy Sub.

A pair of C40-8's on a T-Bird mine shuttle train get ready to depart with a load of crude iron ore bound for processing at the Fairlane Taconite Plant. A brief opening in the clouds lets the sun s... (more)

With an outlaw crew aboard the 2112 two T-birds sit at United Taconite waiting to load with raw ore.

CN has brought up 7 ex-UP Dash 8's to help out the power shortage on the Iron Range. 2 sets of these units are currently on the T-bird trains that run from Largo to Fairlane. Here a pair are in pl... (more)

DMIR 408 arrives back at Thunderbird Mine where it will be loaded with crude ore for the Fairlane processing plant.