A CN freight wraps itself around a hillside ablaze with fall color as it works up the nearly 2.0% grade of Steelton Hill in far western Duluth.

A cloud of grain dust rises from the hold of the foreign vessel Fivelborg as it is being loaded. Three SW-1s rest waiting for the next shuttle train to arrive for unloading.

Two former CSX SD70ACe units reconditioned by MEI for Northshore Mining rest at CN's engine facility at Proctor before being moved to the mining railroad. NSM is receiving five of these, 671-675, ... (more)

Can't beat this power for a work extra as a former GN SDP40 hustles its train west with a hint of fall color along the river.

A former Great Northern SDP40 hustles a work train through nice fall colors en route to Missoula.

CN's afternoon Proctor Roadswitch positions ore cars for dumping on top of Dock 6 while DPU BNSF 9646 helps deliver PRB coal across the bay at MERC.

An A-B-B-B set of F9s positions side dump cars for loading of taconite chips and fines

Eastbound Empire Builder ascends Marias Pass near "Goat Lick" east of Essex.

A plow extra opens the LTVSMC mainline for the last time in March of 2001. The plant closed that year and the last ore train under the LTVSMC banner ran in July.

Former CB&Q streamlined passenger train known as the Mark Twain Zephyr rests at its new home in northwestern Wisconsin on the Wisconsin Great Northern. Restoration work is well underway and the po... (more)

This is snowmobile country and one such outdoor enthusiast scoots past this former C&NW F7A, now employed by the Wisconsin Great Northern and positioned here to help move store freight cars.

Spring cleaning includes picking up all the spilled taconite pellets betwene the rails at Proctor Yard.

Four Cascade Green SD60Ms (8127, 8151, 8121, 8185) roll the Superior, Wisconsin to Northtown (Minneapolis) freight across a nearly frozen Kettle River. The air temp was zero and wind chill pushing... (more)

This weekend CN completed the reconfiguration of the interlocking plant at Collingwood (West Duluth). Lost in the upgrade were switches that provided a crossover back when Proctor Hill was double ... (more)

Let's see, if I just use my back and lift here...