One good thing about long days in the spring/summer is that you can get shots like this as the 6AM job heads to work.

A cold day switching cars in the yard of the Sappi Fine Paper mill in Cloquet, MN.

As the "blue hour" gives way to night, the CTRR employees on board CTRR SW1 #33, which was built in 1941, switch and move cars around in the various yards and trackage inside the Sappi M... (more)

A vintage former EJ&E SW-1 heads past the Northeastern Hotel on its way to switch.

Cloquet Terminal has placed their former MODOC Genset into service with lettering inspired by the Milwaukee Road and interchange partner BNSF. They also painted the under frame black and added sn... (more)

It just looks cold and in actuality, it was. The day job of the CTRR uses their SW1000 #35 to do switching for the Sappi Fine Paper plant on this cold and clear January day.

Cloquet Terminal's big dog SW1000 #35 works the day job at the Sappi Fine Paper mill sorting, shuffling, switching, shoving and anything else they can do to keep the mill fed with resources and ma... (more)

After a crew change just outside the small town of Cloquet, MN the train continues on with a big MAC pushing as they travel by the Sappi Fine Paper mill on a cold winter afternoon.

When Potlatch sold their paper mill in Cloquet to Sappi shortline Duluth & Northeastern was included. Due to that sale the shortline's name was changed to Cloquet Terminal and a new attractive re... (more)

When Potlatch sold their paper mill in Cloquet to Sappi shortline Duluth & Northeastern was included. Due to that sale the shortline's name was changed to Cloquet Terminal and a new attractive re... (more)

A former EJ&E SW-1 that is over 70 years old delivers a modern GenSet to CTRR's shop complex. CTRR bought this former Modoc Academy unit and is in the process of lettering it and painting the unde... (more)

It's actually fun to watch the seemingly endless parade of log trucks, large equipment and trains working in harmony as they move around the Sappi Fine Paper mill yard all going about their respe... (more)

The much smaller CTRR #31 1941 built SW1 is dwarfed by today's excess height modern boxcars now used by the big Class 1 railroads to move freight. It may be small but it can move them around just... (more)

Bare bones Baldwin. A Baldwin Locomotive Works 2-8-0 cab interior is stripped down to the very bare essentials but is in otherwise surprisingly good shape and graffiti free considering it's not fe... (more)

After battling a 2 foot snowfall a few days ago, now it's turned to a cold snap with temps of -10 and a colder wind chill on a late afternoon just before sunset but the crew onboard CTRR SW1 #31 k... (more)