A matched trio of SD38s shoves a cut of ore cars loaded with chips onto the west of Dock 6 after retrieving the cars from the Lakehead storage facility.

The morning Proctor Roadswitch prepares to spot limestone empties at Lakehead in Duluth.

The morning Proctor Roadswitch drops down the connecting track to Missabe Junction with 58 limestone empties. In the background is Duluth's venerable Wade Stadium, home of the Huskies baseball te... (more)

It is hard to believe that it is already over a year since the McCloud Railway made its last revenue run East of McCloud. June 30th of 2006 marked the end. I chased this freight from McCloud to Bu... (more)

The Proctor Roadswitch departs Rices Point light engine after having delivered interchange. The BNSF units on the right are making up the evening's Duluth Transfer for a return to Superior and wi... (more)

The Proctor Roadswitch backs into Rices Point Yard with interchange traffic for BNSF. Surprisingly, like the trio of Missabe SD38s, the ship in the distance (Edwin H. Gott) is also owned by CN.

McCould #38 is switching at Cayton, just North of Burney, the loading site for Dicalite. Dicalite was one of the two last customers on the McCloud. In fifty weeks, June 30th 2006, freight service ... (more)

We are just a few days away from the first anniversary of the last revenue freight on the McCloud which occurred June 30th, 2006. MCR #37 is seen approaching Bartle, where the line to Lookout lef... (more)

Two brotherly SD38's shove to and fro' as the hump engines labor away in the background.

Missabe 203 and B&LE 903 assist a very long M-343 up the 1.8% grade of Steelton Hill in far western Duluth.

Missabe 203 and B&LE 903 assist a very long M-343 up the 1.8% grade of Steelton Hill in far western Duluth.

At Curtis, MCR #38 is on the way back to McCloud with loads from both the Sierra Pacific Mill in Burney and from Dicalite at Cayton. Due to track conditions, the run from Burney to McCloud had bec... (more)

In June of 2005, there was still enough outbound loads to require two units on the "hill job" from McCloud to Mt. Shasta City. SD38's #37 and 36 are on the tail track of the Signal Butte switchbac... (more)

On its way back to McCloud from the Sierra Pacific mill in Burney, McCloud 38 is passing the now derelict tower at Bartle. It is August of 2005 and less than a year remains until this part of the ... (more)