"DM&IR 1" stands at Marbles between shuttle trips on the North Shore Scenic Railroad. The actual DM&IR 1 was an RDC-3 that later went to Northern Pacific.

RDC fake out! How do you make a DM&IR RDC out of an Alaska/NYC RDC? Eight rolls of red and white duct tape for starters. Blue and yellow stripes would have looked VERY out of place on a Missabe... (more)

At the Cloquet Terminal's ex-Duluth & Northeastern shop on Dunlap Island, D&NE 2-8-0 28 is undergoing restoration. The railroad applied fresh cab lettering and painted several components prior to... (more)

Cloquet Terminal No. 33 was built just before the US entered World War II, and is still going strong for owner Sappi Paper. Here it's posed with an authentic Duluth & Iron Range boxcar in the yar... (more)

DM&IR Pacific 403, leading train No. 6 between Duluth and Ely, pauses to set out a bad order coach at Marbles before continuing north. (In reality this is Soo Line 2719 with DM&IR lettering. One... (more)

Soo Line 2719 - disguised as DM&IR 403 - leads a "dog's breakfast" consist towards Two Harbors, passing a somewhat rusty (but authentic) BN section truck.

SW-1 No. 31 was built by the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC) in November 1941 for the EJ&E. Today it works out its last days on the short line Cloquet Terminal, under the watchful eye of Robert ... (more)

The DM&IR Pacific 403 (Soo 2719) steams across the bridge at Knife River with a pure Missabe consist in tow. Another image from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum's 2013 Railfan Weekend, organized... (more)

Max M. hoops up orders to "Loose Boltz" during the 2013 Railfan Weekend at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. Thanks to Steve Glischinski for setting this up.

The heavens open up as Shay 9 starts upgrade past the Devil's Gate Station towards Silver Plume.

Missabe RDC No. 1 crosses French River on its journey between Two Harbors and Duluth, Minnesota. (The RDC is, in fact, a former Alaska RDC-2 lettered DM&IR for Railfan Weekend 2013, sponsored by ... (more)

Cloquet Terminal SW-1 33 rolls past the iconic Northeastern Hotel on Dunlap Island in Cloquet, Minnesota. The Cloquet Terminal operates over the former Duluth & Northeastern. This was of several... (more)

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range RDC 1 is in the hole at Marbles as DM&IR 403, one of the Missabe's high-stepping Pacifics, passes on the main line. (The RDC is in actuality ex-NYC/Alaska, and the Pa... (more)

Turning 353 by hand at the Rollag roundhouse

No. 353 steams into the Rollag roundhouse after a full day out on the line.