BCOL 4621 (C40-8M), now wearing CN colors and missing its top set of ditch lights, leads a manifest past the grain silo along Otis Road in Barrington, IL.

CN 2812 + CN 3185 hustle 167 platforms of extra Prince Rupert/Prince George, British Columbia to Brampton Intermodal, Ontario stacks thru the west switch at Lennon.

Hotshot Vancouver Intermodal Terminal, BC to Brampton Intermodal Terminal, ON train Z112 climbs over the Laurentide Divide with 10928ft of intermodal traffic. Running at 0.9HPT with CN ES44AC 2932... (more)

Winnipeg, Manitoba to Capreol, Ontario train M314 passes afrozen Hillsport Lake behind a pair of SD70M-2's 8841 + 8017. Third up is CN 7100 one of the new hybrid genset locomotives heading for Mac... (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)

A load out of Minntac drifts downgrade out of the mine. The train is about to pass through Mt. Iron and pass MP 6 on the Minntac Sub. The train is dropping down a steep 1.5% grade out of the mine.... (more)

The mine at Minorca isn't as busy as the other 2 mines on the Range, but trains still come and go daily from this plant. A trio of C40s chugs along as they pull a train of empties from Two Harbors... (more)

This container train is pretty much what a modern day high priority train looks like. Seeing it with this still standing old grain elevator is a clash of modern vs vintage era. CN 2752, an ex ... (more)

A loaded ore train awaits a new crew to take the train to Two Harbors MN for unloading.

CN train 401 is approaching the Taschereau yard, its destination, on a sweet afternoon.

A pair of CN's unique SD40-2Ws lead road local L568 south along the former DM&IR Missabe Sub in Northern Minnesota. 568 and its counterpart 567 are the only two trains that do not follow the direc... (more)

After dumping limestone at the Minorca mine, a trio of BLEs finally get favorable signals to leave and head back to Proctor, MN and the yard.

A foggy afternoon on the CN Iron Range Sub with fresh GEs pulling fresh ore cars on the move to the Minorca mine for loading.

The snowless winter. DMIR 400 leads back to Proctor in the late afternoon winter light after loading iron ore at United Taconite.

The snowless winter. DMIR 404 leads back to Proctor after dumping limestone at the U.S. Steel Minntac plant. CN uses these DMIR Difco side dumps in cold weather months to help the dumping of produ... (more)