A recently washed 2104 looks sharp in front of the laker Hon. James L Oberstar of the Interlake Steamship fleet. The Oberstar was repainted over the winter and looks equally nice. The vessel was l... (more)

A night switch crew with clean 6013 shoves empty ore cars to the outgoing yard at Two Harbors while Canada Steamship Line's vessel Atlantic Huron loads taconite for Quebec City (overseas export).

It is hard to believe that BNSF has only 25 or so of these classic end-cab EMD switchers left in service. Here a SW1500 and MP15 arrive in Superior to pick up a cut of cars for Duluth. Tight indus... (more)

There is lots to see in this view of a former Republic Steel blast furnace now operated by ArcelorMittal. On the left raw materials including iron ore and coke are delivered to the furnace while m... (more)

Soo 2719 prepares to depart Duluth for Two Harbors with its first revenue run since arriving in the Twin Ports this past spring.

A DM&IR dock worker uses a "trapping" machine to open the doors on an ore car. The cars contain natural ore from the Auburn Mine. Note the sledge hammer on the front on the machine - this sticky o... (more)

In March of 2000 the DM&IR suffered a major derailment of a loaded ore train at the base of Steelton Hill. The train was an all-rail move from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant to Geneva Steel in Utah. T... (more)

The Duluth Transfer makes up its train at the fromer NP yard in Duluth.

A pair of CP ECOs are small in comparison to the Great Lakes Fleet tug-barge Presque Isle, which was getting ready to depart its winter lay-up berth in Duluth.

When CP first took delivery of their large SD9043MACs in late 1998 I heard they were operating through Thunder Bay so I went north over Thanksgiving weekend and was lucky to find the class unit si... (more)

After the LTV Steel Mining Company ceased ore production in 2001 their mainline to Taconite Harbor was shuttered. However, in November 2002 Minnesota Power tested running coal trains from their po... (more)

Two former DM&IR SDs roll across the Sucker River while opening the line in anticipation of Detroit Edison coal trains being stored for the winter. RailPictures.net contributor Max Medlin waves fr... (more)

After five months of being inactive, Northshore Mining operated its first ore train today between the mine at Babbitt and plant at Silver Bay. Cliffs Natural Resources idled this operation in Octo... (more)

DM&IR ore car 40822 was one of 500 in class U-23 delivered during 1948 from Pullman Standard, five years before the Missabe purchased its first diesels. Still in service for CN, the car still reta... (more)

Canadian Pacific job HS12 switches the Duluth port terminal while the Clyde S VanEnkevort and Edwin H Gott await the start of the 2018 shipping season.