The controls of the D&NE #28, which is currently sitting in the shop it once called home many years ago, this ex-DM&IR #332 2-8-0 now owned by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum is undergoing a co... (more)

Sitting in the shop it once called home many years ago, this ex-DM&IR #332 2-8-0 now owned by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum is being cosmetically restored (and possibly more depending...) by ... (more)

Working in a fog. Under the cover of a thick fog the dayshift crew of the Cloquet Terminal Railroad, aboard the ex-D&NE #35 SW1000 built in 1967, goes about moving log loads closer to the plant wh... (more)

The workhorses of the CTRR rest in the shops after after another day serving the Sappi Paper plant. First up from right to left is the ex-D&NE #35 SW1000, the big power, built in 1967, the CTRR ... (more)

Grand Rapids local at Sappi in Cloquet.

A four pack of SD40's are dropping off cars for the Sappi Paper plant in Cloquet while on their way to Grand Rapids for more work.

Grand Rapids local in Cloquet dropping off cars at Sappi, which then will continue on towards Grand Rapids after sundown.

On a cold January day the Grand Rapids Local crew makes a stop in Cloquet to drop off cars for interchange with the Cloquet Terminal Railroad who will then deliver and work the large Sappi Paper p... (more)

A classic power set working today's Grand Rapids local

You can go home again. After 37 years, Duluth & Northeastern 28 returns to the place it called home for many years, the old D&NE engine house in Cloquet, now home to the Cloquet Terminal Railroad... (more)

Happy Fourth of July!After making sure nothing started on fire during the trips, I got the guys together for a picture. Couldn't ask for a better group of guys. In the middle is Scooter, President... (more)

The sign at the entrance to Cloquet Terminal's facility shows a steam locomotive. When this SW1 was delivered to the EJ&E this shortline's predecessor (Duluth & Northeastern) was 100% steam.

An empty taconite train rolls through Cloquet on the way to load more pellets at a mine on the Mesabi Iron Range.

With it's three man crew putting it through it's paces, the CTRR SW1 #33 performs up to expectations while doing switching work at the yard for the Sappi Mill on a cold and windy day.

The little CTRR SW1 #33 ventures out on the bridge over the frozen St. Louis River while preforming switching duties at the Sappi Mill.