CN 3222 assembles its train by pulling down one of the departure tracks to cut in a DPU at CN's Symington Yard.
A loaded taconite train from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant makes the very rare left turn at Noimi Jct. to begin the trip north to the Canadian border then across Canada to Prine Rupert for export t... (more)
Iron Ore loads from Minntac's facility at Mountain Iron, MN head west through Pedley, AB.
Shortly after sunset now and this pellet train with it's new crew onboard heads north through the former DW&P yard on the CN Rainy sub heading for Ranier, MN and the border crossing. It's believed... (more)
Coming off the CN Minntac Sub and taking a left turn at the almost never used other than for M.o.W. equipment storage Noimi Jct switch and leg to get over and onto the CN Missabe Sub for the trip ... (more)
We bake them, You take them. CN 3222, CN 2990, CSX 766 and DP unit CN 2853 come down from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant with hoppers full of fresh, still steaming taconite pellets bound for Prince... (more)
Iron Ore loads from Minntac's Mountain Iron, MN facility head west on the Edson Sub heading to dump in Prince Rupert, BC.
The first of hopefully many loaded iron ore trains from Minnesota's Iron Range heads west through Pedley East on CN's Edson Sub with 5 engines on the point, and another 3/4 of the way back in the ... (more)
A small burst of sunlight illuminates the passage of train Q199 approaching Devona on CN's Edson Sub.
Brand new CN ET44ACs 3222 and 3223 lead Memphis-Prince Rupert train Q197 over the Prairie Creek trestle.
CN ET44ACs 3222 and 3217 pull through track #1 at Jasper after rocketing across the 235.7 mile Edson Sub in 5h30 with passenger extra P013.
CN ET44ACs 3222 and 3217 lead a short 4 car "P013" west on the Edson Sub heading for Jasper for new the new Jasper Place "Jim Vena Stage" opening night.
Memphis-Prince Rupert train Q197 gathers speed passing Geikie on the south track of CN's Albreda Sub.
Mount Fitzwillam towers in the background as a pair of new CN ET44ACs lead train Q197 west.