First repainted DM&IR unit to be used on home rails leads a sister northbound with 116 empty ore cars on Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range.

The last active caboose on the DM&IR brings up the rear of the MRF on this day (April 20) in 1999. The caboose was being used in Two Harbors as a shoving platform and was headed to Proctor for ma... (more)

An LS&I dock job spots cars above the laker Michipicoten, which will take a load of Tilden pellets to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

The H1 GEs sure were nice when new. They fit right in on Marias Pass as they ease a loaded grain train west off the summit.

Lake Superior Railroad Museum's Soo GP30 700 is teamed up with FP7A 2500A and caboose 1 to move 19 stored propane tank cars that are being placed back in service for the winter season. The museum'... (more)

This former Conrail SD45 had been used in CN (DW&P) pool service through the Twin Ports until it suffered a broken crankshaft and was relegated to "display" status at various Operation Lifesaver a... (more)

No train today on the revived LTVSMC mainline in northeastern Minesota, but an interesting view was had of the east end of the 1,800-foot Cramer tunnel, the longest in Minnesota, bored through sol... (more)

The low profile of ore cars allows for a great view from the cupola of this extended vision BN caboose as an all-rail ore train enters Wisconsin from Minnesota. The rear of the train contains vete... (more)

A helper set glides across Highway 23 in western Duluth prior to bridge crews placing a new span across the road. This work was done in the dead of night with the road being closed for 30-minute i... (more)

A northbound empty ore train contrasts with a white landscape on a frosty weekend day as a veteran CN SD40-2W leads a former DM&IR tunnel motor.

Ore train on the dock and a limestone train with B&LE units on the left while a BNSF coal train dumps across the bay.

B&LE 900, painted in CN colors, leads two other units toward the Lakehead Storage Facility to pick up a cut of ore cars filled with limestone, which is being delivered by the Laker Joseph L. Block... (more)

These solid green unit grain trains with matching units were the pinnacle for Cascade Green fans. Here a pair of helpers shove a loaded train towards the summit of Marias Pass.

A view of BNSF's former Great Northern iron ore yard in the Allouez neighborhood of Superior. An ore train for Hibbing Taconite is preparing to depart behind a pair of road units while a veteran S... (more)

I always liked MRL's husky SD35s. Here a trio lead the gas local eastbound towards Missoula on a beautiful fall day.