Freshly painted Schnabel car handles a large pressure vessel from Duluth to the oil sands project in northwestern Canada during late 2005.

A rare A-B-A set of geeps switch grain elevators in Superior's East End. The heritage of the units is interesting, with 1521 starting life as Great Northern 400C (an FT B later rebuilt into GP9m 9... (more)

Loaded grain train departs Duluth for Corpus Christi.

Before it closed one of the main jobs of the large former NP Como shops in St. Paul was caboose work. Here a pair of new cabooses (delivered earlier in 1980) appear to be having some modification ... (more)

A busy afternoon at Proctor yard near Duluth. In the upper left in front of the yard office is the power off a pellet load that just arrived and is heading to the house for servicing. In the upper... (more)

The last surviving example of an NP "Prairie" type steam locomotive is undergoing a cosmetic restoration inside the Lake Superior Railroad Museum's Draper maintenance building.

A southbound freight eases down the nearly 2.0% grade of Steelton Hill in far western Duluth. On the left is the new grade that will accommodate double track on the hill, with the original curving... (more)

A CP crew switches the container facility at the Port of Duluth. Three tugs from Great Lakes Towing complement the red of the locomotive.

Copper Range S-12 No. 200 rests outside at the LSRM while members of the Soo Line Historical Society (DSS&A Division) continue restoration efforts on the Baldwin that spent its working life in Mic... (more)

Dashing through the snow...after not seeing a train in almost 2 days, the Grand Rapids Local has the honors of opening up the Lakes Sub north of Carlton after the Twin Ports area received 2 feet o... (more)

Westbound coal empties plow fresh snow.

Family colors. The newest of BNSF's fleet meets one of GN's oldest surviving diesels as a westbound behind ES44C4 8005 pauses at Whitefish for a crew change. The NW3 was ordered specifically for p... (more)

A CP transfer run from Duluth to Superior passes CN ore dock 6 as the classic laker Michipicoten arrives to load ore for Essar Soo.

A crew from Hulcher has just competed setting the rear truck of this unit back on the rails after a minor derailment. The only visible damage was a slightly bent pilot.

Both of the remaining Missabe maroon and gold units still operating on their home rails pass at the north end of Proctor yard after a morning dusting of snow. DM&IR 403 was on a loaded United Taco... (more)