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

Moving taconite pellets no matter the weather. These steaming marbles are heading for Two Harbors, MN.

A southbound pellet train loaded from Minntac's west pocket meets an empty pellet train heading to Minntac's east pocket to load. The sb has the two engines up front while the nb had a 1x1 setup ... (more)

With the northbound empties clear of the signal at S. Biwabik and streaking past getting the roll-by, the engineer flips the lights on while he waits for the green to appear for them to proceed so... (more)

Now retired from CN's ore hauling pool, these Dash were still running, albeit on borrowed time, moving taconite pellets from the mines to CN's dock facilities in Two Harbors, MN not that long ago.

A duo of AC44C6Ms and 145 ore cars with steaming taconite pellets rolls through the fog with ease on the way to the Two harbors yard and dock facilities.

The takeover of the AC44C6Ms into the CN Two Harbors ore pool to replace the Dash 8s (ex-CNW) began with these two.

Iron ore loads bound for Two Harbors curving onto the original D&IR grade with the tail end of the train still on the DM&N grade as they near Biwabik on the present-day CN Iron Range subdivision.

Descending the grade from the Minntac taconite plant bound for Two Harbors, MN.

A pair of "new" GEs assigned to the ore pool out of Two Harbors, MN hold the main at Biwabik with loads while they wait for a northbound empty coming their way shortly.

They served CN well hauling iron ore pellets to the docks from the mines but the days of Dash 8s on the Iron Range are definitely numbered as this trio, shown here doing what they were brought to ... (more)

It's almost midnight and iron ore pellets led by two rebuilt GEs bounce over the Ramshaw diamond as they head south.

A couple shiny new GEs and 145 new ore cars show CNs investment and commitment to moving iron ore in northern Minnesota.

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

A crisp fall morning provides the right conditions to create some steam coming off the iron ore pellets as they travel down from the Minntac taconite plant.