A couple of ladies wait to board the Christmas City Express back to the Fitgers complex at dusk.

Outside of the EMD F and E unit line the GP30 is the best aesthetically styled locomotive EMD has produced, in my humble opinion. How can one argue when seeing restored Soo Line 700 kicking up a p... (more)

There aren't too many end cab switchers remaining on the BNSF roster but here we find three awaiting their next call to duty in Duluth.

Snow is falling lightly in Duluth as loads head for the dock.

Three SD60 types ease a loaded limestone train out of Missabe Junction in Duluth. This train is headed for U.S. Steel's large Minntac ore processing plant where the lime rock will be added to taco... (more)

Christmas City Express pauses by the nicely lit trees adjacent to Bentleyville.

The DW&P ran a holiday special for employees from 1977 through 1982 using equipment from the LSRM and Missabe. Here the train has arrived from Virginia and a pair of RS11s will hook onto the rear ... (more)

NSSR 9169, reportedly the oldest operating RDC in the United States, is all decorated for the Christmas City Express. This former C&NW RDC shuttles passengers on a short run from the Fitgers Br... (more)

Unfortunately there hasn't been much snow after a big initial storm, so this shot looks like it could have been late fall. This is indeed December, but the #2500 and cars brighten the landscape.

Most of the passengers that have bought their tickets are on board already at the Fitgers Complex for a short trip to the incredible Christmas Light Displays of Bentleyville at Duluth's Bayfront P... (more)

The NSSR's Christmas City Express arrives in downtown Duluth after a short trip from Fitgers. The RDC is a former C&NW version and is one of the first delivered.

New 2901 passes recent earth work and new track being installed as part of CN's plan to double track this line in western Duluth.

The North Shore Scenic Railroad's Christmas City Express pauses at Duluth Union Depot at sunset on a crisp last day of November.

Where Rail Meets Sail! Erie #4211 is no stranger to the shipping industry, having hauled hundreds of thousands of tons of ore to the dock at Taconite Harbor over the years. Now retired, she sits b... (more)

A CP transfer rolls underneath the approach to CN's former DM&IR ore dock No. 6 in Duluth. Loading at the dock is the 1000-footer American Spirit, which spends most of its time in the ore trade as... (more)