A road set is used to switch this former C&NW yard on a warm and muggy evening. The large yard office harkens back to the day when this yard was far busier under C&NW ownership.
Once C&NW's primary yard in Green Bay, today CN is the owner through its purchase of Wisconsin Central. What remains of the once impressive North Western roundhouse can be seen in the distance.
A loaded ore train from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant in Minnesota to CN's dock at Escanaba, Michigan rolls south at M.P. 25 on the CN Missabe Sub. on a nice late winter afternoon.
A loaded ore train from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant in Minnesota to CN's dock at Escanaba, Michigan rolls south through a nice S curve after a fresh snow.
The snow is tapering off now after another 6-8 inches fell across the area earlier in the day as the crew works with a van for shuttling purposes to prepare this 195 car taconite train for movemen... (more)
There is snow on the ground and the river is still frozen. That's the reason this E-rail taconite train rolls over the still frozen Whiteface River in Kelsey, MN on it's way to Escanaba, MI to d... (more)
Under sunny skies and a decently warm temperature, CN 8960 leads 13,457 tons and 195 cars of taconite pellets down the CN Missabe Sub. from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant on Minnesota's Iron Range as ... (more)
Under sunny skies and a decently warm temperature, CN 8960 leads 13,457 tons and 195 cars of taconite pellets down from Minnesota's Iron Range at Iron and under Highway 37 as they continue working... (more)
A E-Rail that was parked at Biwabik rolls through Fayal on the CN Iron Range Sub as the snow tapers off. This train will load 195 cars with taconite pellets from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant and ... (more)
After leaving the yard at Biwabik, MN, a very long 195 car ore train rolls through Jones behind CN 8960 and CN 2674 heading for a rolling meet shortly with a more conventional 135 car ore train th... (more)