Consecutively numbered ex-Rock Island units leased to North Shore Mining scream downhill throwing exhaust and heat into the air while holding back taconite rock loads from the Babbitt mine which ... (more)
Rods Down Diesel Style. Alot of the steam guys wont post a picture of a steam engine unless it has its rods down, which apparently show power. This has to be the diesel equivalent, as hot air and ... (more)
On a shortline railroad crewmembers have to take on different jobs. Normally a section crew would have come through and blown out these switches. Not here in the middle of the frozen tundra. The e... (more)
With the yard at Silver Bay plugged, all the #651 can do today is drop off cars (middle track) and let the ones the CN dropped off (left track) sit another day. They will run light back the the Ba... (more)