Despite the watering of ore as it is dumped (visible under the train), a stiff northwest wind has whipped up quite the dust cloud. The 1000-footer James R. Barker is in the process of loading whil... (more)
Although the shipping season is over on Lake Superior, grain elevators in Duluth and Superior remain active handling the loading of rail cars for movement to mills.
Maroon and gold SW1 1378 moves loaded grain cars from Elevator M on a code blue afternoon. The shuttered lake vessel American Victory hasn't sailed since 2008 and its future is uncertain at best. ... (more)
Some very obvious size comparisons here as a diminutive GE centercab muscles a much larger covered hopper while a massive lake ship undergoes repairs during winter lay-up.
A traditionally painted Soo Line geep has just finished spotting box cars at Lake Superior Warehousing and is headed back to its yard. The Great Lakes Fleet (CN) tug-barge Presque Isle is in the d... (more)
This former Illinois Central (Columbus & Greenville) SW-1 makes a rare appearance at the south end of the large CHS grain complex. Providing a nice backdrop is the idled ore carrier Edward L. Ryer... (more)
Commuters head home at dusk on a cold day, with snow on the marina piers; most boats are out of the water and in storage for the winter.
Ex QR National Railway 3103 just after being craned off the Clipper Amber as part of a consignment of locomotives that arrived in South Africa for various rail companies. 3103 is one of three of ... (more)
A Roadswitch job spots ore cars on the top of Dock 6 while the large 1000-footer Edgar B. Speer is in position to load (the ship is also owned by CN through its purchase of Great Lakes Transportat... (more)
A pair of Soo Line geeps shove a string of heavy duty flats into the port terminal. The Great Lakes Fleet laker Philip R. Clarke is taking on fuel.
Quite possibly one of the best shots I own of the ferry yard in Elberta, MI. Ann Arbor S3 10 loads cars on to the Viking as the Arthur K. Atkinson sits in Betsie Bay laid up with a bent crankshaft... (more)
156438 leaving Whitby on the Esk Valley stopping train.
Some fishermen are unfazed by the HHP zipping by above.
