With a couple trains tucked away at Kelsey, this loaded ore train makes good time heading back to Proctor from the Fairlane Plant. The train is bound for Proctor, and eventually the Duluth Docks a... (more)

A 50-car limestone train is heading to the Minorca Mine near Virginia. The train works north on the Missabe Sub out of Proctor with 3 older EMDs. The train passes over the Cloquet River Bridge nea... (more)

The local job that runs from Two Harbors to CN's Keenan yard today has three SD9043MACs in tow that were on lease to Northshore Mining's RR while they waited for their SD70ACes to arrive to be use... (more)

The local job that runs from Two Harbors to CN's Keenan yard today has three SD9043MACs in tow that were on lease to Northshore Mining's RR while they waited for their SD70ACes to arrive to be use... (more)

CN SD40-2W 5318 leads ore empties North out of Saginaw.

A rather unusual leader for CN L536, CN SD40-2W 5331 leads its train South onto the connection at Matteson.

A rather unusual leader for CN L536, CN SD40-2W 5331 leads its train East around the Gary/Chicago airport as it nears Kirk Yard.

A rather unusual leader for CN L536, CN SD40-2W 5331 leads its train South out of downtown Chicago.

Climbing proctor hill

An empty limestone train is seen crossing under the old DW&P, now the CN Rainey Subdivision at Munger.

An empty limestone train is seen at Culver.

An empty departs Fairlane with a pair of North American stenciled SD40-2Ws.

Limestone loads head north through Culver behind a matching pair of SD40-2Ws. I always like shooting widecab 40s on the point, and getting a matched duo was extra nice. Later that day we'd also se... (more)

CN SD40-2W 5262 leads Amtrak's Northbound City of New Orleans into the windy city. The SD40-2W was added after the Amtrak charger hit a tree down South.

After hitting a tree in southern Kentucky, Amtraks City of New Orleans train pushes back into Chicago’s Union Station after being rescued by a CN SD40-2W. Meeting them going south, another Amtra... (more)