After dumping their train at CN dock 6, IC 6253 prepares to make the run up Proctor hill and back to the yard with the empties. In the background is the John A. Blatnik bridge which carries Interstate 535 and U.S. Highway 53 over the Saint Louis Bay between Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin and underneath that bridge is the remains of the Interstate Bridge which was the first bridge to cross the harbor and bay between Duluth and Superior. The Duluth-Superior Bridge Company, funded by the Great Northern Railway, was formed in 1894 to build a bridge connecting Connors Point in Wisconsin to Rice's Point in Minnesota. The bridge was dedicated in April of 1897.
