Visit the former Duluth Mesabi and Iron Range in northern Minnesota. Owned and operated today by the CN Railway, the historic lines of the DM&IR still play a vital role in transporting iron taconite from the mines to Great Lakes freighters bound for steel mills on the lower Great Lakes.

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we will cover the Iron Range Sub which feeds the CN dock at Two Harbors. The majority of traffic is taconite pellets from US Steel's Minntac Plant near Mountain Iron, MN. Newly rebuilt GE AC44C6M's by Wabtec are the current power for these trains, while former Southern Pacific trunnelmotors can still be found handling local traffic.

CN recently added hundreds of new ore cars to their lineup and we will see them in action carrying loads of hot taconite pellets to the impressive ore docks at Two Harbors.

In addition to hte ore trains, we will catch the North Shore Scenic Railroad in operation out of Duluth.

Shot in October, 2024 and October, 2025.

Shot in beautiful 4K!

90 Minutes
Stereo Sound
Narration on/off