A special high-wide load moving a generator from the port of Duluth to western Canada via Sweetgrass, Montana. KWUX 200 is the large Schnabel-type car.

A special high-wide move on Northshore Mining involving the transfer of a large dump truck from the mine at Babbitt to the tailings disposal site at Milepost 7. One of NSM's three former GCFX/WC/C... (more)

BNSF yard job 110 prepares to move a special high-wide train from Duluth to Superior prior to a road crew taking it west to Montana with CP taking over there for the final move into Alberta. The l... (more)

The last active caboose on the DM&IR brings up the rear of the MRF on this day (April 20) in 1999. The caboose was being used in Two Harbors as a shoving platform and was headed to Proctor for ma... (more)

A special high-wide move from the Port of Duluth to Alberta rolls south on BNSF's Hinckley Subdivision over which CP has trackage rights.

A side view of some of the interesting high-wide loads moving from Duluth to an oil refinery project in Manitoba. This cut of cars would be doubled with another cut to make a train of 50 total car... (more)

High-wide loads aren't uncommon but a train of this many rates special notice. Headed for a refinery project in Manitoba via BNSF and CN.

A special move of high-wide components shipped through the port of Duluth departs for Ft. Rouge, Manitoba via BNSF – Noyes, CN in Canada.

A pair of North Western geeps slowly follow a high-wide load out of Rice's Point in Duluth. The Schnabel car was pulled out of the port by a pair of Soo Line geeps and will be turned over to a lik... (more)

A special heavy lift high-wide shipment departs Duluth for the oil sands project in Canada. This train was impressive to watch curving through the terminal trackage in the Twin Ports.

Special 25-mph high-wide movement of an empty Schnabel Car from the Port of Duluth moves south of the Twin Ports behind a single CN unit en route to Chicago and points east for loading.

A special high-wide load of pressure vessels headed for the Alberta oil sands project eases across the swing bridge connecting Duluth and Superior. Most of these loads now go via Thunder Bay, Ont... (more)

A CP crew moves a special high-wide train destined for the Alberta oil sands project to an interchange with BNSF at Rices Point in Duluth.