Soo 2500 leads a photo freight on the North Shore Scenic Railroad in East Duluth, MN.

IC 6253 and two tunnel motors spot ore loads for direct dumping into the 1004 ft. ore carrier American Spirit at CN Dock 6 in Duluth, MN.

This grizzled SW1 starts the evening shift along the silos. Delivered to Chicago & Northwestern in 1953 and sold to Cargill in the late 1970's.

B&LE 903 pulls empty ore jennies up Proctor Hill after dumping Taconite at the Duluth docks, and back to the Mesabi Iron Range for another trainload.

B&LE 904 lifts limestone loads out of Missabe Jct. as a taconite load awaits dumping at CN Dock 6 in Duluth. The limestone is bound for the Taconite plants of Minnesota's famed Mesabi Iron Range.

No drones were used or abused in the taking of this shot.

CN 8825 waits for a signal to clear so it can proceed up Steelton Hill and head north to Ft. Francis, ON and Winnipeg. The train is on former DMIR trackage which has undergone major improvements w... (more)

The engineer on LSM #46 keeps an eye on the ROW as it slowly trundles along the St. Louis River south of Duluth, MN in July of 2000. Despite being the smaller of the two museums in Duluth, it is w... (more)

A repainted DMIR tunnel motor holds on the Duluth dock with a ore train.

After a very successful two-year display period at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, a replica of President Lincoln's funeral car is being shipped by truck to its next viewing location in Antioch... (more)

After dumping their train at CN dock 6, IC 6253 prepares to make the run up Proctor hill and back to the yard with the empties. In the background is the John A. Blatnik bridge which carries Inter... (more)

A heavy M-347 barks up Steelton Hill in far west Duluth with two units on the head end and three units pushing on the rear.

DMIR 303 crosses I-35 as it brings an empty ore train from Duluth to Proctor, MN in May of 1992.

The Proctor Transfer heads with a trio of elephant style GE's.

An extra Winnipeg to Markham intermodal passes a stand of Birch trees descending Steelton Hill. The double tracking has opened up a lot of photo angles.