A close-up photo of a cold weather rail joint pull apart or a break caused by a frost heave or some other cause. Found on what remains of the DM&IR Woodbridge branch line located NE of Buhl, MN. ... (more)

The Monday after Super Bowl Sunday finds an odd sight along the tracks. With no crossings anywhere near here, a car managed to find its way onto the tracks from the parking lot above after being s... (more)

With taconite pellets steaming enroute to Two Harbors, DMIR 409 leads a load at Ramshaw.

DMIR weekly "Miscellaneous Range Freight" southbound near Keenan

DMIR SD18 181 idles at Keenan Yard near Iron Junction, MN on June 18, 1986. This shot shows a good detail view of a factory built Missabe SD18 from 1960, albeit in the newer Arrowhead scheme. Miss... (more)

DMIR 212 leads an empty taconite train upgrade from the Duluth ore docks into Proctor, MN yard. The SD38-2/Tunnel Motor/SD38 combo was typical of the final years consists before CN's acquisition.

Steaming and speeding through Burnett at 1/20th in a vintage DM&IR ore jennie with a load of hot taconite pellets bound for the dock in Duluth. Note the leading (right) truck has a spring that is... (more)

The best looking engine around these parts has steaming pellets from Minntac headed to Two Harbors. I tell ya, if you want to get away and relax, Brimson, MN is the place for you! Couldn't ask for... (more)

DMIR Phase IV SD9 no. 166 cools it heels outside of the Missabe diesel shop at Proctor, MN on a decent summer day. It looks like it's seen better days, but this survivor still has many years of se... (more)

While much of Duluth rising in the background has changed over the years, the most striking transformation has been on the grassy ground in the foreground. Once full of tracks and cars, known as t... (more)

Although most sets will not be pulled until May, with MERC up and running again one set of coal cars was pulled back into service for the BNSF. Seen here heading down Lemon Drop Hill. Some kind an... (more)

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range no. 162 lead a trio of SDs and an empty ore train around a curve northwest of Munger, Minnesota en route to the Iron Range. The high side modifications indicate these ... (more)

Northbound DMIR empty ore climbing Proctor Hill.