GN SD7 558 and GN passenger GP9 have been freshly washed and await their next assignment at Superior, Wis. in the final summer of Great Northern's existence. Most of GN's SD7 and SD9 fleet spent t... (more)

A ground blizzard is created by this snow jet as it clears a switch in Superior. You can hear this jet engine well before you can see it.

The tall elevators in Superior's east end make this 45-tonner look even smaller. Here it shuffles leased ILS SW-1 1378, which is large in comparison.

Once the pride of fast intermodal trains on the Transcon, these two former Santa Fe geeps are now working transfer drags in Duluth-Superior. We don't mind a bit as they still look decent and the y... (more)

A recently repainted SD40-2 and an older geep power a snow dozer to clear yard tracks in Superior.

A freshly repainted former ATSF SD40-2 pushes a snow dozer to clear off yard tracks in Superior. A loader with a plow attachment extends the reach of the dozer's large wing by following behind as ... (more)

I'm afraid he will need more than a switch broom after two feet of snow hit the Twin Ports this week.

Union Pacifics Twin Ports Transfer digs in as they head through Superior, WI towards Itasca Yard. In the background you can see Duluth,MN and the very place they had come from on this chilly after... (more)

The Cloquet Terminal's newest engine (former Modoc Academy) is shuffled around at BNSF's Belknap engine facility.

A switcher suns itself while four green SD40-2s and Cloquet Terminal GG20B 2608 wait to power the Grand Rapids Local later in the afternoon.

This SW1 is working the ConAgra Elevator M on Superior's East End "Old Town" waterfront on a cold and windy late fall afternoon.

Rapids Local runs at track speed as they approach the end of double track on the Lakes Sub.

Rapids Local shatters the silence in this rural area as they roll at track speeds towards their first stop at Cloquet.

Some of many faces of the BNSF sit outside the BNSF Belknap street engine facility in Superior, WI. A SD40-2, a GP28M, and a ES44AC are just a few of the items waiting for crews or service on this... (more)

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.