An early season snow followed by a clear blue sky makes for a nice setting as a recently washed power set leads the 3 AM train with 96 empty ore cars back to the mine. F9A 4211 is preserved and op... (more)

Former Erie Mining Company F9A 4210 leads a loaded ore train with 119 cars downgrade towards Taconite Harbor on a beautiful summer day.

An empty Wisconsin Central ore train with borrowed CSX SD80MACs arrives at Steelton yard in Duluth for interchange with DM&IR. The train will load at the Minorca mine and unload at WC's former C&N... (more)

American Orient Express heads west off Marias Pass after picking up a dusting of snow at summit.

A fortuitous break in thick clouds allows sun to illuminate the classic lines of this dome observation car on the rear of the American orient Express as it heads west off Marias Pass. The dome pic... (more)

An early season snowfall the day prior has given way to sunny skies as this colorful westbound eases through Marias after cresting the summit.

EMD's first production SD45 dubbed Hustle Muscle by GN rests at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum along with restored NW-5 192 in 1999. The contraption of the cab roof of 400 that looks like an ic... (more)

A faded BN 1537 idles in MD&W's yard at International Falls waiting for its rested crew to take it south to Superior. This was the last run of BNSF's I-Falls local over DW&P. Dubbed the "Gree... (more)

On St. Patrick's Day the calendar still said winter and Mother Nature made sure to remind us of that fact. A pair of GP50s hustle the westbound Brainerd Local with 14 cars across Huson Trestle on ... (more)

Just north of Duluth at Munger is where CN's former DW&P (Rainy Sub) crosses over their ex-DM&IR track (Missabe Sub). For years I have tried to capture an engine-over-engine shot here but given th... (more)

Soo Line FP7A 2500A leads NP SD45 3617 over the Knife River on a beautiful September day.

A pair of classics. NP SD45 3617 poses with an ore train next to a classic car during the Lake Superior Railroad Museum's Railfan Weekend. CN loaned the museum a number of ore cars for the day. Th... (more)

Wisconsin Great Northern's pair of former GN F7As, recently acquired from the defunct Columbia Star dinner train operation and painted in Wabash colors, poses for photographers. Thanks to coordina... (more)

Wisconsin Great Northern's pair of former GN F7As, recently acquired from the defunct Columbia Star dinner train operation and painted in Wabash colors, pulls stored empty tank cars for photograph... (more)

Recently painted NP SD45 3617 with an ore train near Duluth. This locomotive was the star attraction at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum's railfan weekend coordinated by Steve Glischinski. CN loa... (more)