A trio of standard cab Dash 8's roll out their final miles before retirement. CN 2004, 2040 and 2010 have a train of empties well in hand as they roll north on the approach to Ramshaw in Iron Junc... (more)
We managed to find a lone thunderstorm here, and all hell broke loose for about 15 minutes. Lucky for us, this Minntac load showed up afterward. Steam from the cold bath covers the tracks as the t... (more)
Led by an SD40-2Q, Canadian National's U791 rounds the bend as it rolls through Iron Junction, Minnesota and past a DMIR searchlight signal that guards the junction. With a load of taconite pellet... (more)
A trio of C40-8's lead a steaming train of taconite loads from Minntac on the U789 as and heads towards Two Harbors. The train is getting on the Iron Range Subdivision at Iron Junction, Minnesota ... (more)
With a short brake in the clouds, we catch Duluth Missabe and Iron Range, DM&IR SD40-3 414 - 412, with a load of taconite heading to Two Harbors docks about to enter Iron Juction, Minnesota. Septe... (more)
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)
BLE 909 rolls an empty limestone train south between Iron Jct. & Keenan Jct. passing under highway 37. BLE 909 was built as an SD45T-2 in February 1973 as SSW 6890. BLE was acquired by the CN and ... (more)
A trio of C40-8's lead empty Canadian National ore train U792
from Two Harbors as it approaches Iron Junction, Minnesota. This train will take the north leg of the wye to get on to the Missabe ... (more)
A pair of CN Dash 8's lead empty raw ore shuttle U730 as it heads north approaching Iron Junction, Minnesota where it will head to the Thunderbird Mine for another load. The train has just passed ... (more)
With a Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motor and a CN Anniversary Dash 8 on the point, CN U731 rounds the bend as it rolls through Iron Junction, Minnesota and heads towards the Fairlane Taconite Plan... (more)
Led by Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range EMD SD18 No. 185, a Missabe taconite ore train rolls southbound toward the docks on Lake Superior just south of Iron Junction, Minnesota, on September 21, 1991.