It's the last day of 2012 and it's cold. With the temperature near the zero mark, the Rapids Local sets out a cut of cars under the massive Sappi mill in Cloquet, MN.

The dayshift crew of the CTRR use their SW1000 #35 to spot empty pulp cars for loading in the wood yard as some log handlers wait for more incoming logging trucks to deliver wood as the large plan... (more)

The three person crew of the Cloquet Terminal Railroad puts their former Duluth and Northeastern EMD SW1000 #35 through it's paces and switches cars in and around the Sappi Paper plant on a cold M... (more)

The three person crew running CTRR #35 retrieves a single empty car from the large USG ceiling tile plant as part of their days duties on this -10 degree winter day.

The D&NE 28 in the shop at Cloquet, the crew at the CTRR is in the process of restoring the 28 for the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth.

CTRR's two SW-1's await a call to duty in the shop in Cloquet. In the far stall is the recently restored tender for steamer D&NE 28 which the shop is in the process of restoring for the Lake Super... (more)

This is cold weather railroading. Air temp was -13F with a wind-chill near -30F as this empty ore train for Hibbing Taconite kicked up fresh snow and rolled through a steam bank created by the nea... (more)

One of CTRR's former EJ&E SW-1s muscles four loaded hoppers towards the large USG ceiling tile plant.

Taconite and Timber, the major industries of northern Minnesota. A still steaming pellet train from Hibbing Taconite to Allouez, WI. rolls down the BNSF Lakes Sub which passes through Cloquet, MN... (more)

The Rapids local from Superior, WI to Grand Rapids, MN makes a stop at Cloquet and the Sappi plant to drop a cut of cars off on a cold but clear last day of the year. They will pick up the emptie... (more)

It's the last day of 2012 and it's cold out here. With the temperature near the zero mark, the Rapids Local sets out a cut of cars under the massive Sappi mill in Cloquet, MN before they head off... (more)

It's Friday after 4pm. The little red engines of the Cloquet Terminal Railroad have all been brought in for the night. The crew has all headed down to the end of the block to the Northeastern Ba... (more)

At home away from home. The Lake Superior Railroad Museum owned ex-DM&IR #332 2-8-0 is being cosmetically restored and maybe more by the Cloquet Terminal Railroad (formerly Duluth & Northeastern ... (more)

The D&NE's "big" engine moves cars near the Potlatch Mill. Today this railroad is known as the Cloquet Terminal and No. 35 wears red and black.

The afternoon crew heads out from their shop and offices on Dunlap Island passing some nightlife hotspots as they head to work switching out cars all night at the Sappi Mill.