After being shopped for two weeks, to our surprise, we see IC 6251 shove a limestone set underneath I-35. After getting signals, we race up the line to watch the quartet of SD40s crawl uphill in s... (more)

CN 3023, the EJ&E heritage unit leads the Family Days special North at Spirit Mountain.

DM&IR SD38-2 215 and SDM 193 pose for photos at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth.

DM&IR SD38-2 215 leads equipment from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum North up Proctor Hill. The rolling stock is heading to Proctor to be used on a family days special the following day.

A loaded ore train gets ready to shove back into the docks with a trio of SD40s on point

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6255 and 5338 shuttle empty hoppers to be loaded with limestone at the docks

With a pair of Bessemer tunnel motors bracketing an SD40-2W, Canadian National dock job R921 shoves out on to Dock 6 in Duluth, Minnesota with a train of loaded ore hoppers for unloading. Alongsid... (more)

A manifest freight train is seen descending Steelton Hill in far West Duluth.

Illinois Central 6256, an SD40-3 is shoving a loaded taconite pellet train onto the 1918-built Dock 6. This locomotive was built by GM Electro-Motive Division in LaGrange, Illinois in November 197... (more)

Illinois Central 6256, an SD40-3 is shoving a loaded taconite pellet train onto the 1918-built Dock 6. This locomotive was built by GM Electro-Motive Division in LaGrange, Illinois in November 197... (more)

Illinois Central 6256, an SD40-3 is shoving a loaded taconite pellet train onto the 1918-built Dock 6. This locomotive was built by GM Electro-Motive Division in LaGrange, Illinois in November 197... (more)

A Canadian National taconite pellet train is seen dumping loads on 1918-built Dock 6. This historic ore dock is located in Saint Louis Bay on Lake Superior. The train originated at the Fairlane pl... (more)

The northern lights shine bright in Duluth, Minnesota as the North Shore Scenic Railroad slumbers awaiting the day's excursions.

After landing at Minneapolis-Saint Paul we drove directly to Duluth to see what would be running for the afternoon. A friend told us that there was an empty ore train coming off Dock 6, and we wer... (more)