25.0 Marbles

This siding outside Two Harbors is used by North Shore Scenic locomotives to run around trains if they aren't going into Two Harbors proper. Just north of Marbles the former Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway main line from Two Harbors to the Mesabi Range passes overhead. Northbound empty ore trains mainly use this track, which climbs over 1,000 feet above Lake Superior in the first 14 miles out of Two Harbors, while southbound loaded trains use another track into Two Harbors. These tracks now belong to Canadian National Railway (CN), which purchased the DM&IR in 2004.

Just beyond the CN overpass on the east side of the train Canadian National's large sorting yards come into view. North Shore Scenic trains use a short section of CN's main line track to reach the Two Harbors depot. The DM&IR's abandoned steam locomotive shop buildings can be seen as the train backs into the depot; they were once used to overhaul the huge steam locomotives that pulled iron ore trains to Duluth and Two Harbors from the Mesabi and Vermillion Iron Ranges.