NP SD45 3617 rests at BNSF's former NP Rices Point yard in Duluth while en route to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, where Monad logos, correct numberboards and horn will be put on. The big EMD ... (more)

A nice surprise on a southbound manifest late in the day found CN's Tier 4 class unit still fairly fresh from GE. I was surprised by how much open screening there is at the rear of the unit - shad... (more)

Work continues on adding a second main track to the former DM&IR Steelton Hill in far western Duluth. Here a pair of shovers assist a heavy X-357 upgrade past new concrete ties and rail being plac... (more)

A pair of CN SD40-2W's and an IC SD40-3 wait for a crew to head north.

A nice lash-up of EMD's heads downgrade through Duluth.

Two DMIR SD9s and an SD18 prepare to back down to the Duluth ore docks to pick up an empty train for the trip back to Proctor. They had just brought a loaded train down the hill and will soon head... (more)

As the blue hour gives way to night, a short 10 car transfer prepares to pull from the BNSF Rices Point yard in Duluth, MN and head over to the BNSF 28th Street yard in Superior, WI. The power fo... (more)

Renumbered GN 3702, this former Frisco switcher leads a short transfer past CN's ore dock in Duluth.

Not a great place to suffer a derailment. A light power set running around its ore train on the approach to Dock 6 had the lead truck of 6252 derail at a crossover, fortunately at slow speed. This... (more)

A trio of former C&NW GEs (2104, 2112, 2119) ease a train of loaded hoppers down Proctor Hill.

The summer yellows are out in full bloom as the Duluth Transfer runs light engine past CN's Duluth ore dock as the M/V Indiana Harbor backs up to the shiploader.

With United Taconite temporally shut down the C40-8s normally used on raw ore trains to that plant have been seen on other assignments, including here in Duluth at the ore dock.

Grading and realignment work for CN's double track project on Steelton Hill in far western Duluth is going full speed this summer. Here a short northbound transfer passes by heavy earth moving equ... (more)

One of BNSF's "heritage fleet" of covered hoppers rests fittingly at a former Northern Pacific yard in Duluth. A number of hoppers are adorned with logos of BNSF predecessor railroads fo... (more)

Only at a railroad museum could you find a locomotive consist like this in 2015, or any year for that matter. Erie Mining 4211 and GN NW-5 192 sandwich a former Minnesota Power GE center cab while... (more)