L571 heads North on the CN Dearborn Sub crossing the Conrail Shared Assets at Penford Jct. This is the old DT&I crossing the Pennsylvania RR. One of the Edison Arches can be seen on the south side... (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 pair of Canadian National SD40-2Q's work the unloader at Two Harbors, Minnesota, pulling a cut of loaded ore cars through the shed. The unloaded taconite ore pellets are fed to a conveyor belt w... (more)
A Friendly Wave
Conrail SECN and CNSE were known for interesting locomotive consists on their runs between Selkirk Yard and the CN interchange on the Montreal Secondary. This day's SE... (more)
I will admit I was not excited when I heard the leader, but upon doing some more research, I am perfectly ok with it. Originally a GMD SD40,only 28 of these units were rebuilt by the CN in the 90'... (more)
A northbound U788 from Two Harbors, MN to U.S. Steel's Minntac plant at Mountain Iron rolls along the CN Iron Range Sub near Gilbert on a nice mid-summer afternoon.
ex CN 5002 (SD40). I looked at about four sources for what the locomotive is now called (after rebuilding) and got four different answers. They were SD40-2Q, SD40u, SD40-2QRM, and SD40-3.
After bringing the loads down the hill from Proctor, the crew prepares to shove them out on dock 6 for unloading. They will be added to the huge pile on the ground already there from winter stockp... (more)
A 135 car train behind a trio of 6000 series CN engines (6017, 6024, and 6021) roll downhill from the west load out pocket at U.S. Steel Minntac. It was a great 60 degree day when I took this shot... (more)