SOO caboose #15 brings up the rear of a freight passing Tower MJ in Superior, WI in May of 1986.

A newer GE leads a loaded crude oil train upgrade out of the Lake Superior basin on former C&NW rails, now part of CN's busy Superior Subdivision.

The DPU on a loaded ore train is dusted with fresh show after its round trip to Hibbing Taconite.

Two recently refurbished SD40-2s lead a pair of repainted geeps west toward Grand Rapids, Minnesota on the Lakes Subdivision.

The Rapids local heads out of Superior with four SD40-2's upfront, three of which still in the BN green. What a sound!

Except for the number boards, this could have been a typical day at Allouez on the Great Northern anytime after 1962. The simplified scheme SD7 is leaving the yard with a short transfer of empty o... (more)

NP 907, an Alco RS-11, gets a look under the hood by a mechanic at Burlington Northern's X-GN roundhouse in Superior, WI. Former GN passenger GP9 no. 679 looks on, and symmetry is kept by a pair o... (more)

The "Spirit of Magnolia" leads an odd-for-CN power duo west and north over the Nemadji River trestle toward Saunders with the short regional A403 train in tow. They will terminate at ne... (more)

A seldom seen view inside the tight confines of the rotary dumping shed at the large MERC coal dock in Superior as a BNSF coal train from the Powder River Basin is unloaded.

A pair of former GN GP5s (built using many components from FTs) lead a passenger train along BN's ex-NP line to Ashland, Wisconsin. The train is crossing over the Nemadji River and has cars from t... (more)

A cloud of grain dust rises from the hold of the foreign vessel Fivelborg as it is being loaded. Three SW-1s rest waiting for the next shuttle train to arrive for unloading.

The Northtown to Superior freight is almost at its destination of the 28th Street Yard, a few miles ahead.

GN 573 was the first SD9 purchased by Great Northern Railway, following acquisition of 23 SD7s, mostly for service in iron ore country. This is a Phase 1 SD9, looking essentially the same as an SD... (more)

Cabooses on the end of two Burlington Northern trains pass MJ Tower on the south side of Superior, Wisconsin, on October 20, 1985. Waiting for all the BN action at the crossing to clear is Missabe... (more)