CN 2029 leads U717 southbound at Burnett Road in Burnett, MN. Good power, steaming hot taconite, and golden sunshine made this chase a good one.

Early morning fog as the sun comes up and a train is on the move scheduled to load at U.S. Minntac's west pocket.

Swinging onto the CN Iron Range sub at west wye with marbles from Minntac heading down to Two Harbors, MN.

These old ex-CNW C40s sure do look cool in ore service. A trio has the hammer down as they pull 13,000 tons of Minntac pellets up to speed after clearing the Ramshaw diamond and the CN Rainy Sub. ... (more)

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

Early morning fog with a trio of Dash 8's and ore cars coming up the CN Iron Range sub.

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

While the scenery is blah on an early spring morning, the freshy washed leader certainly adds a pop of color.

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.

A clean leader leads a trio of dash 8s and 145 cars of iron ore pellets off the Minntac property as the roll towards Two Harbors, MN to complete the trip.

CN 2029 leads U717, a hot load of taconite, against the morning sun at the Highway 33 overhead bridge in Saginaw, MN.

Loads out of Minntac are back on the Two Harbors Sub for the 70 or so miles back to their destination at Two Harbors. The train pokes around the Iron Jct Wye at 10 mph, before getting back up to s... (more)

A trio of Dash 8s pulling 145 cars of still steaming pellets bound for Two Harbors. Another 30 seconds and this shot would have been blocked by a northbound all-rail taconite train that was headin... (more)

A pop of CN red amongst a forest of yellows.

Heading back to the mine for more taconite pellets.