Dusky skies at Wolf
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range SD9r (SD-M) No. 310 sits with a train at Wolf, Minnesota, in the heart of the Iron Range on September 19, 1991. The clouds in the dusk... (more)

Four Missabe units begin the assult on Steelton Hill at sunset with a train of empty ore cars. This train was a joint ore move between WC (note the ex-C&NW ore cars) and the DM&IR from the Minorca... (more)

The engineer gives DM&IR 210 the throttle and it responds sending exhaust into the air as they leave the United Taconite Fairlane plant heading to Proctor, MN with loads of taconite pellets.

The classic Missabe Road.

Back in the days when maroon and gold roamed the Iron Range in abundance.

A classic "hotbox" on a loaded ore car that was caught by a detector. The train is stopped and the crew will place this quad on the set-out track near the Saginaw depot. Journal oil fires are just... (more)

A "hospital train" of 12 former LTV Steel Mining Company Alcos head south to new owners. There are ten RS11s (7204, 7206-7208, 7211-7216) headed to the M&E and a C420 (7220) and C424 (7230) bound... (more)

Like using a shotgun to kill a mosquito. This former DM&IR 250-ton-capacity wrecking crane was bought when the railroad purchased their massive 2-8-8-4 Yellowstones in the early 1940s. It was reti... (more)

Going out in a blaze of glory. The final ore train from Evtac's Fairlane plant is stopped at milepost 51 after having started a major brush fire. The crew noticed their units were throwing carbon ... (more)

A colorful road set leads this loaded ore train into Proctor on a crisp morning.

An ore car that will be 60 years old next year is still earning its keep for CN.

Come visit the North Shore Scenic Railroad! At the NSSR there is a very diverse group of volunteers. From L-R: Engineer Jon is a recently retired Air Traffic Controller who now spends some of his ... (more)

The old tunnel motors put on a bit of a show at Zim as they race Proctor empties back to Fairlane for reload.

With ore cars full of steaming taconite, a southbound Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range train curves through Alborn, Minnesota, on September 25, 1994. The orange vertical stripes seen every four cars... (more)

Winter arrived this week with 5 inches of snow Thanksgiving evening and temps around zero this morning. The low morning sun gives this image a cold feel.