When I see this much orange in November I automatically think deer hunting but in this case it is a BNSF new-hire training class with 1663 providing the power.

A pair of locomotive cranes lift a derailed ore car up so it can be set back down on its trucks. They were lucky the cars were empty.

E&LS crews work in a bug infested environment to nudge derailed hopper cars back up to track level. This track is part of the former DSS&A (Soo Line) mainline between Sault Ste. Marie and Duluth, ... (more)

A pair of former GN GP5s (built using many components from FTs) lead a passenger train along BN's ex-NP line to Ashland, Wisconsin. The train is crossing over the Nemadji River and has cars from t... (more)

A crew member fights a losing battle to clear a switch during the height of a blizzard that deposited two feet of snow. A large MOW loader with a plow attachment helps to clear access to the switc... (more)

A CP transfer from Duluth to Superior passes a CN job with limestone empties at Missabe Junction. Nice to see all-EMD power.

Night photo shoot for the Soo Line Historical Society Convention. Lighting by Steve Barry.

A somber day as crew members affix a large American flag to 4211 prior to departing with the last LTV Steel Mining Company ore train to Taconite Harbor. The former Erie Mining property closed in 2... (more)

The force of this derailment can be seen in the snapped drawbar coupling between two ore cars.

A pedestrian runs across Mason Street as a slow moving freight enters street running.

Bessemer & Lake Erie 909 leads DM&IR 405 and B&LE 900 up Proctor Hill with empty blast furnace trim cars (crushed raw taconite rock). The bright cars can also double as ballast haulers.

Great Northern SD45 400 "Hustle Muscle" leads the NRHS convention special over BNSF's ex-GN Lakes Sub en route to Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

WGN's former Algoma Central (WC) SD40-2 looks sharp in fresh snow and under code blue sky conditions. Here a crew member flags a crossing as the big road unit returns to its train after spotting a... (more)

A pair of F9s ease back to pick up RS11 7209 and a waste water tank car from the top of the dormant ore dock in 2006. Cliffs Erie had moved some cars to the dock area to pick up grinding equipment... (more)

A young couple takes a break after hiking to the summit of Elys Peak in far western Duluth as CN's Proctor Transfer sprints up Steelton Hill on an unseasonably warm (70F) fall day.