A Westbound Coal empties passes the old NP shops at Brainerd, MN

An Eastbound Coal loads leaves Staples on the Brainerd sub headed for MERC in Superior.

A Westbound empty grain train departs Wadena after a BNSF intermodal train took the crossovers at Wadena to get around them.

A view of the station agents desk inside the old Milwaukee Road depot on the grounds of the WMSTR.

SOO 2719 goes to duck under London Road making its way back to Duluth from it's shakedown run to Two Harbors

SOO 700 and SOO caboose # 1 parked in the storage track at the museum in Duluth. They were used on Friday on a chartered excursion train.

One of three more massive loads for the Oil Sands Project in Alberta, CA. Duluth has been a very busy port over the past few years for oversize loads headed for Canada.

One of three more massive loads for the Oil Sands Project in Alberta, CA. Duluth has been a very busy port over the past few years for oversize loads headed for Canada

One of three more massive loads for the Oil Sands Project in Alberta, CA. Duluth has been a very busy port over the past few years for oversize loads headed for Canada

One of the new switchers on it's way back from the Old Great Northern Elevator after picking up a cut of cars. Who would have guessed that SD40-2's would ever be used in this type of service.

One of the new switchers on it's way to the Old Great Northern Elevator to pick up a cut of cars. Who would have guessed that SD40-2's would ever be used in this type of service.

another loaded coal train on it's way to the Coal dock in Superior.

a pair of switchers working hard to get out of Rice's Point Yard on their way to West Duluth

the view between two mini-quad ore car sets, two hoses up high, one for train line air, and the other for straight air which allows the engineer to set retainers from the cab.

a mixed trio of Missabe units heads down to Lakehead Material Storage with a cut of empty ore cars