A heavy wet snow is falling as trains move about Proctor Yard. On the left is the Proctor Switch with a pair of former DM&IR SD38-2s, in the distance is a loaded ore train that has just arrived an... (more)

Although the logo is faded the colors of the DM&IR live on in 2013. The nose of 215 makes for a good place to keep lunch cool.

As snow begins to fall the Proctor Roadswitch yards a train of ore empties from Duluth while a pair of former DM&IR SD38-2s work the E-Lead job.

These signals came online in 1976 with the expansion of mining at the Thunderbird South pit of what was then called Eveleth Mines (now United taconite). The signals went dark when the pit ceased ... (more)

CNW 404 leads a Westbound as it makes a run for Stockton Hill. The train would end up having to double the hill between Stockton and Lewiston.

Canadian Pacific manifest train #290 travels south through Strandquist, Minnesota, a city with Swedish roots in the northwestern corner of the state. The city was once an important location along... (more)

CNW 402 poses under the sand tower at the small Winona engine facility. The high point of my day railfanning around Winona was chasing the CNW freight West to Rochester with the CNW 404 - BU40 - 4... (more)

Nearly 12 hours ago, CP put 14 loads of crude oil on the ground at about mp 157. Or just north of Parkers Prairie. It looks like the line is now open as a couple of eastbounds have been through.... (more)

The Kelly Lake local makes a special and somewhat rare delivery consisting of one coal load to the Hibbing Public Utilities on a cold and snowy February morning. The utility burns bio-mass for the... (more)

Cold weather railroading at it's finest. It's -27 degrees below zero just before sunrise and the exhaust from the plant is hanging over the small yard while the crew is having issues loading their... (more)

The interior of former DM&IR C-97 (built in 1910) caboose looks pretty good for it's age, all things considered. When this caboose was being moved from Eveleth, MN to Chisholm, MN it had it's cup... (more)

I like this image because it looks to me to be a believable recreation of the past. The mulltiple tracks, industry, car spotted on the siding, crossing, perhaps even the rather mundane composition... (more)

A full moon illuminates the landscape and signals at S. Fairlane on the CN Missabe Sub. at 2330.

Former Leaders of Their Respective Fields An old but nicely restored green Oliver model 77 has a face off with another green machine, a former BN SD40-2 now in possession by the No... (more)

NS's Savannah & Atlanta unit leads an empty unit oil train down Main 1 at Staples MN.