Nice to still be able to see a pair of SOO units in 2010.
Rice's Point seems to have become a gathering yard for tank cars lately, with 4 track mostly full and another one building.
A pair of locomotives from the railroad museum works at gathering the first train of stored cars for a return to service.
The CP Duluth Switch pulls a few cars from the local scrapyard.
This loaded Minntac pellet train leans hard into the curve at Iron Junction on it's way to Two Harbors.
Looking into the morning sun really exagerates the exhaust and snow this train is kicking up.
A set of empty crude cars departs the plant behind the B&LE 903 under clear blue skies brought on be 7 below zero temps.
A crude ore train makes it's way from the mine to the processing plant at Forbes, MN this was shot at the the high temp of the day, 5 below zero.
An Eastbound Z train makes it's way past a horse farm in Blacktail Montana. With fresh snow in the higher elevations the mountain tops really stand out in the Montana Fall.
Headed for Superior with a cut of cars from Duluth
Slowly rolling past the sight of a derailment from 5 days ago.
Blazing west through the snow at about track speed of 49 MPH.
Kicking up a nice snow cloud as the Brainerd local heads West out of Superior.
Smoke em if you got em! A large plume of exhaust rolls out the stacks as engineer Mike Burlaga throttles up.
The North Shore Scenic's Budd Car decked out in holiday lighting makes it's final run for 2009 picking up the last group of happy children for their return trip to Santa's Courtyard.
