Loads of taconite rock head down from the Babbitt mine to the plant in Silver Bay located some 47 miles away on the shore of Lake Superior. It's about a two hour trip one way hauling the approx. ... (more)

Having run the complete 47 mile NSM mainline with tailings ( fine waste rock from the taconite production process) for the mine haul roads, NSM 651 heads back to Silver Bay and is just outside Bab... (more)

Standing on the former Erie Mining Dunka Branch bridge which Erie Mining used to access the Dunka Mine shooting the NSM 1100 loads two miles out their own mine and yard at Babbitt.

Taconite pellets steam towards Two Harbors behind CN 6018, IC 6261 and DM&IR 403 as a sucker hole of sun breaks through and illuminates the train.

The beautifully restored interior of the Glen Mine trolley. This Minnesota Discovery Center trolley is originally from Melbourne, Australia and was built in 1928 and is very similar to the trolle... (more)

The Glen Mine trolley heads around the final curve of it's 2.5 mile loop which it travels around the Minnesota Discovery Center grounds and past some old Griswold Signals standing guard at an ent... (more)

A TC&W transfer to both the UP and CP Railways sneaks under the St. Paul skyline and above a temporarily quiet road as they travel along the Mississippi River to their destinations.

Sounding better than it looks, CN 2457 leads a train of limestone out of Duluth and up Proctor Hill in the fast fading light.

Easing back into Duluth, the crew on board SOO 2719 is almost done working their magic, pleasing riders and chasers alike with a good trip up the coast to Two Harbors and back.

Pouring the coal to her. SOO 2719 roars up the grade cresting the hill at Palmers as the crew steams on down the track on the way back to Duluth.

After running up the North Shore Scenic Railroad trackage and a two hour stop at the former D&IR depot in Two Harbors, the passengers and crew are back on board and are now making the return run t... (more)

SOO 2719 charges towards Two Harbors with it's train in tow.

As the SOO 2719 lays over at the Duluth and Iron Range depot at Two Harbors an eldery gentleman walks up and takes a photograph of the impressive steam engine with his camera while talking with t... (more)

Even for the casual railfan this is THE place to watch trains in the mornings, high atop all the action from the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood. Here a transfer led by ICE 6408 splits a UP coal empty... (more)

A short transfer rolls into the massive BNSF Northtown yard on a Friday afternoon.