When these "new" AC44C6Ms took over in the CN ore pool, there was a plan to use them in a 1X1 fashion instead of the traditional way with all the power up front. Only trains that load on... (more)
After a meet with a northbound, CN 3318 is ramping back up to track speed to pull these iron ore loads down to the yard at Two Harbors for stockpile until the shipping season resumes.
The DP from an east loadout at Minntac hits N. Biwabik as it heads south for Two Harbors, MN while a northbound empty sits in the siding giving the roll-by before proceeding.
Swinging around the corner off the old DM&N grade and onto the former grade of the D&IR, U791 hits N. Biwabik on the modern-day CN Iron Range sub heading for Two Harbors at 1700 hrs. on a cold win... (more)
The U791 is stopped at m.p. 59 on the CN Iron Range sub as U788 approaches on the siding which will stop briefly to allow a student engineer to get off then climb on the southbound loads for the t... (more)
Blowing off some steam and kicking up snow as they run track speed for Two Harbors, MN with these fresh made iron ore pellets from the U.S. Steel Minntac plant east loadout pocket.
A small sliver of blue sky is evident on an otherwise cloudy and cold morning as U791, with its 1x1 configuration, thunders along the CN Iron Range Sub heading for Two Harbors, MN.
A trio of now retired Dash 8s make their way south along the Iron Range sub just after crossing the Ramshaw diamond with the Rainy Sub and getting a good roll-by from a track worker on scene.