North end of the C&NW Itasca Yard. They are delivering interchange.

The former DW&P Depot near the end of Chestnut Street in Virginia, MN basks in the evening sun on the shore of Silver Lake. The three-story depot was built in 1913 on pilings and concrete and made... (more)

Photographer unknown. From my collection. A cooperative effort?. Put rounded ends on this unit and you'd have a Canadian RS-10 or RS-18 what with the Canadian trucks and dynamic brakes in the s... (more)

DWP, Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific SD40 5906 -GT GP38 4934, on the DM&IR at Saunders, Wisconsin. April 9, 2000. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

A DW&P transfer from Pokegama Yard has reached the connection to C&NW at South Itasca after traversing Missabe's Interstate Branch which ran from here to Adolph, MN. DWP 5908 and other SD40s & GP3... (more)

DWP 3609 & 3603 show off two of five color schemes worn by DW&P RS-11s in their life on the railroad. The "zebra" scheme on no. 3609 would be the last CN scheme used. They would then see... (more)

Duluth Winnipeg & Pacific Ry. was part of the Grand Trunk system of US railroads owned by Canadian National. During the post-steam era DW&P operated their railway primarily with Alto RS-11s acquir... (more)

Delivered With Pride
A southbound Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway freight is about to slam over the crossing of the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range at Ramshaw near Spruce, Minnesota, on ... (more)

A DW&P Alco RS11 # 3607 with light weight trucks Heads a consist at the roads yard in Duluth in the summer of 1981

DWP GP38-2s nos. 5853 and 5850 head into downtown Duluth with a transfer from their West Duluth yard. These units replaced aging RS-11s, and by year end will no longer serve Duluth at all. A new y... (more)

DWP GP38-2s nos. 5850 and 5853 work the west end of their yard in West Duluth, located below I-35 on the hillside above Lake Superior. These units came from GTW and were originally built for the R... (more)

DWP caboose no. 53100 is a former New York Central bay window caboose acquired second hand as business increased in the 1980s. Shown here at their West Duluth yard.

DWP was experiencing traffic growth in the ealry 1980s and needed more cabooses. One example was a former GN St. Cloud shops caboose, DWP 53102, acquired from BN, shown at West Duluth, MN.

DWP 5850 and mate handle heavy switching at DWP's West Duluth yard on the hillside above Lake Superior. The former GTW Geeps are now lettered in DWP and in an era of rapid change, the whole operat... (more)

DWP 5909 rushes west with intermodal freight on a CN haulage train on BN's mainline from Chicago to the Twin Ciites at Flag Center, IL. This agreement was put in place after the 1985 acquisition o... (more)