DWP/DMIR/BN passenger special arrives from Fort Frances at Rainer,MN..

Where SD40s no longer tread. A view taken inside the DW&P's curved 520-ft tunnel in far western Duluth. Blasted out in 1912, this rugged line into Duluth was abandoned in 1984 when the Peg started... (more)

DWP RS-11 No. 3607 works the west end of their Duluth yard in the summer of 1973. This small yard was located on a hillside not too far below DMIR's Proctor Hill grade. It was a challenge as the m... (more)

The former DW&P railroad depot near the end of Chestnut Street in Virginia, MN is in the fog from the yet unfrozen Silver Lake on a cold December evening. A nearby detector from a northbound CN f... (more)

In their final month of service on the Peg before being shipped east to the Central Vermont, 3608 and sister 3606 thunder above the streets of West Duluth. All of this track is now gone but the Mc... (more)

Action at Saunders Tower—3
The C&NW train's caboose slips by as the DW&P train waits for its signal and the BN ore train continues rolling toward Allouez. Saunders Tower stands in the b... (more)

Action at Saunders Tower—2
As the C&NW train is going by, a Burlington Northern ore train powered by three SD45s, and destined for the docks at Allouez, passes over the DW&P train.

Action at Saunders Tower—1
Upon a morning arrival to Saunders Tower just south of Superior, Wisconsin, a Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific transfer freight waits for a southbound Chicago and... (more)

Canadian National train No. 340, led by a Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific SD40, passes through a wintery Steward, Illinois, at 10:21 a.m. on February 13, 1994. CN operated on the Burlington Northern ... (more)

On October 19, 1985, a DW&P transfer bound for C&NW’s Itasca Yard passes through Saunders, Wisconsin. The train is powered by two freshly-painted ex-Rock Island GP38-2s. Overhead is a BN taconite ... (more)

This was the north portal of the 520 foot tunnel the DW&P railroad constructed at M.P. 7.4 through Ely's Peak in far west Duluth as part of their Hill Line which took them into and out of downtow... (more)

The former DW&P Depot near the end of Chestnut Street in Virginia, MN provides the background for a couple of guys fishing on Silver Lake on a Sunday evening. The three story depot was built in 19... (more)

Nominally RS-11s, these were really unique and only on the DWP. Other than the notched ends they were more Canadian style than US and had the D/B in the short hood like an RS-3 or RS-10. I forgo... (more)

A simple paint job can be bright, very bright. This unit has yet to be repainted after being transferred from its longtime home.

A pair of Peg RS-11s roll a transfer through West Duluth in February of 1983. In less than a month all five remaining Alcos on the DW&P would be shipped off to join their sisters on the CV, repla... (more)