A full moon illuminates the landscape and signals at S. Fairlane on the CN Missabe Sub. at 2330.

It's Friday afternoon just before darkness sets in, with MDW #21 sitting near the office during a little snow shower while the crew is inside taking a break from switching cars for the Boise paper... (more)

A little snow mixed with rain is falling on a dark and gloomy Sunday afternoon with CN's privatization celebration heritage unit paying homage to the Wisconsin Central, CN 3069 leading Q117 on the... (more)

Dashing through the snow, DM&IR 406 leads 54 limestone cars south on the Missabe Subivision during the third snowfall to hit northern Minnesota this year.

SOO 2500A leads it's train of coal empties across Highway 61 as they roar back to Duluth to a waiting BNSF who will put them back in service hauling coal ASAP.

The colorful MRF returns from it's appointed rounds at Two Harbors and North Shore Mining with empty hoppers and loaded centerbeams. Also included is the DM&IR 215 which suffered a mechanical fai... (more)

The stick seanson (otherwise known as late fall) has given way to early winter and snow is falling on northern Minnesota's Iron Range. After completing a delivery to Minntac, the Keenan Switch mak... (more)

A man and his dog take a leisurely walk down the tracks on a nice spring afternoon while in the distance the U.P. local switches a small yard on Superior's east side of town.

The "Ford Hauler" snakes it's way under downtown St. Paul along the Mississippi River heading to the Ford plant with boxcars and autoracks.

An overview of the CN yard at Proctor, MN looking northeast. The car shop is at the bottom and the yard office/tower is on the opposite side directly above. The roundhouse, diesel shop and turnt... (more)

A lone Minnesota Commercial GE diesel finishes up switching duties in the yard and is about to head back towards home on a quiet Sunday morning.

After meeting a southbound pellet load, CN 2027 catches the last light of the day traveling north along the running track on the CN Iron Range Sub at Sparta, MN.

The first test run of NS's DC-to-AC GEs on CN's ore lines has ended after the train arrived at Proctor yard with taconite pellets from United Taconite. Waiting on their arrival was a U716 with IC... (more)

With light rain falling, DSS&A RS-1 No. 101 passes underneath the Fitger's Brewery heading back to the depot at Duluth, MN.

Some of the goodies used by the North Shore Scenic Railroad to move tourists along the shores of Lake Superior wait outside the Duluth Depot.