Why yes young man, when I was younger SD70MAC's were common as dirt! In an uncommon scene, a single SD70MAC struggles to bring 123 empty coal cars down the Lakes Sub for the Brainerd Sub. They we... (more)

How many other places can you find a mini forest in the middle of a rail yard? BNSF transfer brings limestone cars up the coal runner to 28th St. with the engineer running the way God intended...f... (more)

Passing over the Nemadji River just out of Allouez heading back to Hibbing Taconite.

A clean UP leaser unit leads an empty windmill train as it crawls through a residential area.

An empty ore train for Keewatin Taconite rolls out of Superior for the mine on Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range.

The DPU on the left belongs to a loaded Hibtac that has just arrived while an empty ore train for Keewatin Taconite rolls out on the right. Lake effect snow clouds are in the distance.

The DPU on a loaded ore train dusts an empty coal train waiting at the end of double track - milepost 15.9.

This former Soo Line SW9 moves grain cars around the very large CHS Elevator complex in Superior, WI on a warm fall day.

4 tracks, 3 railroads. The track that the Pokey Transfer (led by fairly rare SD40u) is entering is maintainted by the CP (SOO), but used by the CN (DWP), the middle two mainline tracks are the BNS... (more)

Superior was a Burlington Northern town, and still is.

Taconite loads from Hibtac get rolling through Saunders and myriad of MOW work. I have come to peace with the GEVO's, as long as they have good paint I don't mind them.

Ex CB&Q GP30 trundles back to 28th St. with rock cars from Hallet.

Once used to switch hoppers of ballast rock in northern Minnesota, this ugly duck of a locomotive now calls Superior, Wisconsin home as it's primary job is to be around the Murphy Oil facility.

Pretty nice power set of a former CB&Q GP35 and NP GP9.

TASTE THE RAINBOW! Must be enlarged to truly appreciate. What I believe to be the "car is still sealed" tags are littered around the elevator to make it look as if the geese are munching on skittl... (more)