A trio of Dash 8s that have since been "retired" from the CN ore pool move iron ore pellets south down the Missabe sub.

The usual trio of standard cab Dash 8's are dispersing a lot of heat from their dynamic brakes as they hold back a loaded taconite train on their descent into Two Harbors, MN.

A frosty morning as iron ore moves towards Two Harbors.

A trio of Canadian National Dash 8's lead loaded taconite train U789 as climbs the light grade through the South Fairbanks control point on the Iron Range Subdivision in Fairbanks, Minnesota. With... (more)

Three Dash 8s and 140 new cars head north about to cross the CN Rainy sub at the Ramshaw diamond.

CN 2026 leads the way with 140 almost brand new only about a week in service and made by FreightCar America-Mexico ore cars trailing as they head to U.S. Steel Minntac to load and return to Two Ha... (more)

CN 2026 leads a string of almost brand-new ore cars north near Gilbert, MN as they head to load at the Minntac taconite plant.

Burning diesel on a cold winter morning.

A trio of Canadian National Dash 8's lead loaded taconite train U789 as it rolls along the shores of Highland Lake in Highland, Minnesota. With a load of pellets from Minntac, the train is heading... (more)

Waited about six months to finally have leaves back on the trees and then during the peak of spring color the smoke from Canadian wildfires arrives and obscures the sun. Here's an early morning so... (more)

Taking the turn at Iron Jct. west wye for the trip down the CN Iron Range Sub with a destination of the home terminal at Two Harbors, MN.

Humming along through a winter day with the yard at Two Harbors the destination for these steaming taconite pellets.

Taconite pellets bound for Two Harbors make their way along the Missabe sub and will very shortly make the left turn onto the Iron Range sub for the remainder of the seventy-four-mile trip into to... (more)

Cutting through the falling snow with interchange traffic from Two Harbors, MN, the MRF is almost to Keenan yard to make a quick set-out and pick-up and return to Two Harbors calling it a day.

Loaded taconite train traversing the S curve at N Biwabik on the way south to Two Harbors, MN