193 helps assemble the evening train.

Nine years ago today (May 10, 2004) CN purchased Great Lakes Transportation (DM&IR/B&LE). How I remember the Missabe from my younger years is reflected in this image of two high hood SDs going all... (more)

Looking like a mixed train, Missabe 193 prepares to shove four passenger and two freight cars to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. The freight cars are for a display on Saturday for National Rail... (more)

With Lake Superior on the right and Interstate 35 on the left, Missabe 193 rolls alongside Duluth's Lakewalk with 123 empty coal cars coming out of winter storage for Detroit Edison.

Crossing a still-frozen Knife River while the patrons of the Lighthouse Restaurant look through the windows.

SD70WHAT? With just over 1/3 of the horsepower of a single modern road unit, this gutty SD18 lugs 122 coal cars towards the BNSF at Duluth.

SD18 193 rolls 123 empty coal cars across the French River along the north shore of Lake Superior. The cars had been stored along the North Shore Scenic Railroad.

Missabe 193 is small in comparison to the Mesabi Miner. Compare this shot to 432284 taken exactly one week earlier.

Mechanical problems with a sister unit forced the DM&IR #193 into service solo. She did a great job, pulling 123 coal cars 26 miles over some decent grades. Seen here about to hit the lakefront.

Lots of history tied together here in a pretty cool way. The thousand foot Mesabi Miner was named to honor the people of the Mesabi Iron Range who had encouraged the development of the mining indu... (more)

DMIR 185, an SD18, along with DMIR 143, a phase 3 SD9, and DMIR 169, a phase 4 SD9, bask in the morning sunlight along the shore of Lake Superior at Endion Yard, a small merchandise yard east of d... (more)

Two Illinois & Midland Railroad crews work in tandem as they set cars into a rip track and sort others with rare locomotives. I&M 31 is one of two RS1325's ever built, while 60 is one of a pair of... (more)

Former Southern SD24s

When NSM received three SD40-3s from Livingston Rebuild Center they traded in a number of older units, including SD18 1228. When the mining railroad experienced a need for extra power LRC loaned t... (more)

Come visit the North Shore Scenic Railroad! At the NSSR there is a very diverse group of volunteers. From L-R: Engineer Jon is a recently retired Air Traffic Controller who now spends some of his ... (more)