Loaded CN iron ore train U718 has taken the siding at Alborn, Minnesota and the conductor is on the ground for a roll by inspection of northbound manifest M344, which had a few cars of stick rail ... (more)

A trio of BLE Tunnel Motors take some limestone empties over the Cloquet River at Burnett.

With tailings piles towering in the background, a pair of IC SD40-3's and a DMIR tunnel motor head south on the Rainy Sub through Virginia, Minnesota and are about to pass under the Route 169 over... (more)

The crew of U718 walks their power before the climb up Spirit Mountain into Proctor with IC SD40-3 6251, a CN SD40U and another IC SD40-3. 6251 is the last remaining IC Deathstar with a white fram... (more)

Limestone loads head north from Proctor with several other trains in the yard waiting for their turn down the hill to Duluth. At this same moment, another load of limestone was coming up the hill... (more)

IC SD40-3 6251 holds at Collingwood, awaiting signal indication up Proctor Hill.

Two ore trains, both led by repainted DMIR tunnel motors, pass at Proctor.

IC 6251 departs the dock in Duluth with ore empties.

Ore empties await signal indication at Collingwood with a nice EMD lash-up. Leading the way is IC 6251, the last deathstar SD40-3 to still wear the original white frame stripe.

CN has completed their delivery of ore to the CSL Tadoussac as the veteran lake freighter makes its departure out of Duluth. IC 6251 and company are putting on the finishing touches before departi... (more)

A trio of standard cab Dash-8s lean into the curve and charge south with empty ore jennies after a limestone delivery at Minntac among the peak fall colors.

A trio of standard cab C40-8 locomotives lead this empty limestone train south over the Whiteface River in Kelsey