A rare A-B-A set of geeps switch grain elevators in Superior's East End. The heritage of the units is interesting, with 1521 starting life as Great Northern 400C (an FT B later rebuilt into GP9m 9... (more)

A BNSF switch crew delivers a covered hopper to the Compass Mineral's plant in Duluth as the Algoma laker Radcliffe R. Latimer unloads salt into the building.

The Lake Superior Railroad Museum helped celebrate the gold spike anniversary today as well as the 30th anniversary of the museum's operating arm the North Shore Scenic Railroad. What a fun was to... (more)

A night switch crew with clean 6013 shoves empty ore cars to the outgoing yard at Two Harbors while Canada Steamship Line's vessel Atlantic Huron loads taconite for Quebec City (overseas export).

A recently washed 2104 looks sharp in front of the laker Hon. James L Oberstar of the Interlake Steamship fleet. The Oberstar was repainted over the winter and looks equally nice. The vessel was l... (more)

Bessemer & Lake Erie 909 leads DM&IR 405 and B&LE 900 up Proctor Hill with empty blast furnace trim cars (crushed raw taconite rock). The bright cars can also double as ballast haulers.

A limestone train for United Taconite departs Duluth while another train dumps its load of iron ore on Dock 6. The James R Barker is at the shiploader while the Roger Blough is on the east (right)... (more)

A pair of CP ECOs switch Duluth's Port Terminal in a thick fog on a quiet Sunday morning.

A thunderstorm has just cleared and early evening light bathes Proctor yard as a loaded limestone train for Minntac departs north. There are still plenty of older EMD units assigned to Proctor.

BNSF remote control job 116 shoves two hoppers into the Rices Point yard while a nice matched pair of ex-Santa Fe GP50s (3183/3181) prepare to depart with a transfer.

A CP transfer from Duluth to Superior passes a CN job with limestone empties at Missabe Junction. Nice to see all-EMD power.

Land shark! A former C&NW (UP) C40-8 has cut off its train and is about to head for the diesel facility at Proctor with some additional artwork on its pilot plow.

Limestone loads behind a trio of C40-8 variants begins its climb up Proctor Hill while three DM&IR tunnel motors spot ore cars for dumping at Dock 6.

BNSF snow dozer 940022 (former Great Northern) works west along the Lakes Sub near Cass Lake in northern Minnesota. Note: telephoto lens and track curves off to the left, not standing in front of ... (more)

A temperature inversion at sunrise has trapped steam rising off freshly baked taconite pellets at CN's former DM&IR yard at Proctor, Minnesota. A trio of Missabe tunnel motors will head north for ... (more)