Racing up to Minntac to load taconite pellets and passing by m.p. 1 on the namesake sub with 6 miles to go until the plant and the east loadout pocket.

The last rays of sun for the day catch three "Deathstars" as they pull 95 ore cars loaded with taconite bearing rock towards the plant.

Bessemer & Lake Erie SD40T-3 #909 leads a loaded taconite train at Wolf Junction bound for Two Harbors

The 1x1 setup on U790 has CN 3327 as the DP unit shoving 145 ore cars along the Minntac sub as they head up to the mine to load taconite pellets. A bad order setout sits on the siding after appare... (more)

Heading through the early morning fog on the CN Missabe sub. at Wolf, MN.

Repainted DMIR tunnel motor 405 leads limestone empties South through Wolf..

Hitting a sliver of sun while cutting through the early morning fog on the way to Minntac to load 145 cars with pellets.

Continuing the trip from Proctor, MN to the Canadian border at Ranier, MN with some transfer freight and a pair of SD60s.

The R901 job out of Keenan yard slices through some early morning fog along the CN Minntac sub.

The local out of CN's Keenan yard heads out of the fog along the Minntac sub while traveling up to the plant for work.

After finishing up their work at the Minntac plant, the Keenan Switch job takes the rarely used switch at Noimi Jct. to head north to Virginia to pick up some cars in the former DWP yard before re... (more)

Through the S curve on the double track section of the CN Missabe sub on the way up to Minntac to load iron ore pellets.

A half hour out of Minntac and through the S-curve on the Missabe sub bound for Two Harbors yard.

Approaching Noimi Jct as they are about to come off the Minntac Sub and onto the Missabe Sub before the left turn onto the Iron Range Sub at Iron Jct. for the remainder of the trip home.

On the way up to the Minntac mine on a nice evening.