Some of the SD60's have joined the Iron Range pool for power. These trio of SD60's seemed to be used alot on the limestone trains from Duluth to Minntac Mine at Mt. Iron. Here an empty heads back ... (more)

An SD70ACe and a pair of Executive SD70MAC's round the curve in Saginaw, leading an empty taconite train.

On a sunny, but very cold afternoon, the MRF heads south through Saginaw, MN.

A zebra striped GP40-2LW leads the southbound MRF (Miscellaneous Road Freight) back to Proctor Yard. A second GP40-2LW and a pair of SD40u's follow.

CN 341 speeds through Saginaw with some mixed freight, a big block of crude oil empties, followed by potash empties

CN's newly delivered ES44s are on the job, pulling freight north.

A mixed freight drag heads northbound among the peak fall colors at North Coons.

Missabe maroons really looks good as it catches the very last rays of sun on a nice February day as they charge north through Saginaw.

The mighty 903 tunnel motor with a full load of ore at -20 degrees.

An -Burlington Northern/Illinois Central SD40 leads Unitac loads south towards Proctor near Saginaw, Minnesota.

Don't put your life on our line. So reads newspaper advertisements CN runs seasonally in Duluth to remind snowmobiles to stay off their tracks. Here the crew of M343 has just extracted a smashed s... (more)

New meets newest. One of CN's new GEs meets one of four recently purchased EMD SD70ACe-P6 demonstrators on the Missabe Subdivision. CN 8100 was running as a distributed unit on Q119 while its sist... (more)

Look at all those heavyweights! D&NE 35 heads back to Cloquet after powering a passenger excursion to the DM&IR interchange at Saginaw. This train was operated as a fundraiser for the railroad mus... (more)

Southbound U-Tac loads roll south for the dock at Duluth.

The last Missabe painted Tunnelmotor speeds under Highway 33 with ore empties for Unitac. A fitting way to end our vacation on the former DMIR.