Southbound ore loads at Biwabik going to Two Harbors, MN and the dock facilities.

Coming off the Iron Range Sub and taking the big hook to the north and onto the Missabe Sub at Iron Jct. MN

Heading up to Minntac to load taconite pellets on a warm and bug filled evening.

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.

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.

To go with our first snowfall of the year in SE Wisconsin, here is a shot of CNW 8546 leading a train thru St. Francis, WI on CNW's New Line in December of 1994. A little hoarfrost in the trees ad... (more)

A westbound intermodal with an all-GE lashup is approaching the crossing at Mance, on the old B&O horseshoe curve- which was once triple-tracked.

CSX "Stealth" westbound out of Willard at twilight, about to cross the diamond on the old PRR Sandusky Line. The 7574 was built by GE in September 1989.

Autoracks head East along the old P&LE mainline.

CN C40-8 #2107 leads a limestone train through Proctor

CN's Jasper Yard engine idles between shifts in track YC51.

CSX's L053 and L054 local jobs have both arrived at Leeds Junction, Maine on the former Pan Am railroad and the crews get ready to swap their trains. The L053 crew has already backed their units u... (more)

CN C40-8 2100 idles on the Jasper Yard shop track between conductor training shifts.

Mother Nature won't seem to let up even though the sun has come out. A huge double rainbow is behind us as this Minntac load is about to cross the Rainy Sub at Ramshaw. Lucky for us, this Minntac ... (more)

"CHFP Pays the Toll"

Just after 1AM on September 13th, 2024, Providence & Worcester train CHFP, powered by a quartet of GE C40-8s, pauses to pay their toll (in the form of waiting) to... (more)