Early morning thick fog blankets the area as a crew readies their train of ballast cars for departure out of the yard at Virginia for points elsewhere on the CN system.

The famous Cliffs Erie Railroad F9's working to clean out the massive old ore dock of chips and fines in the summer/fall of 2008.

The sign says it all. Keep up the good work!

DMIR 316 and SOO 2500 head light power between the I35 freeway and Lake Superior on their way up the North Shore to retrieve the last set of coal hoppers they stored there a few months ago for BNS... (more)

Must be lunch time for the crew switching grain hoppers around at the CHS Elevator in Superior, WI.

With some rain coming, the engineer, conductor, trainer and the trainee on the Rapids local hurries to drop off the cut of cars for the Sappi paper plant and re-assemble their train before taking ... (more)

A little irony here as a taconite train is passing some equipment working on cutting through a pile of scrap steel, BNSF 6327 goes by Hibbing Salvage and a set of working Griswold signals as they... (more)

This ex-BN GP10 now on lease from ILSX to the St. Croix Valley Railroad does some switching at Zinpro chemical north of North Branch, MN along the former Skally line. This unit was brought in to ... (more)

After sitting in the former DW&P yard in Virginia for a few days with some mechcanical issues, it appears that this Loram ditch digging monster may be ready to go again. Word has it that this mac... (more)

A group of teenagers staying at the hotel seem to be impressed with the sound of the Proctor Road Switch pulling hard coming around the curve at Spirit Mountain on a perfect spring day.

The golden rays of the morning sun greet the crew aboard CN 2107 as they enter United Taconite's Fairlane processing plant with rock from the mine.

A C40-8 duo with CN 2112, and it's special paint scheme promoting 15 years of privatization, leads CN 2131 and classic Missabe ore cars down the hill from Minntac with fresh taconite loads.

The Proctor Road Switch finishes spotting 140 car loads of iron pellets up on Dock 6 as the James R. Barker finishes loading pellets and will shortly set sail for the steel mill.

A brief break in the clouds shines a little light on an old DM&IR caboose on static display outside the small town of Poplar, Wisconsin.

Illinois Central 6263 and GTW 6221 lead ninety five DM&IR ore ore cars down the Missabe Sub. just past DWP Junction and a CN no trespassing sign.