A couple of impressive pieces of machinery share the yard at the Depot in downtown Duluth, MN.

DMIR 203 and 207 round the famous curve near the top of Proctor Hill with a trainload of ore empties returning from the Duluth dock to Proctor Yard for shipment back to the iron range. The St. Lou... (more)

A pair of BNSF standard cab B40-8s sandwich a CP GE.

A Canadian Pacific transfer job works their yard towards the end of Rices Point on Duluth's waterfront.

One of the more eclectic consists to grace Duluth was this set including a pair of B40-8s (598 and 588) sandwiching a CP GE.

A pair of locomotives fresh from GE lead a southbound manifest train through western Duluth.

DMIR 203 and 207 get their trainload of empty ore jennies underway from the Duluth docks as they approach N. 40th Ave. W. crossing and start the climb up Proctor Hill. The crew gets a tip of the h... (more)

Soo 2500A leads Erie Mining F9A 4211 through Duluth's lower downtown area en route back to Union Depot after a nice run to Two Harbors. The retired ore carrier William A. Irvin ( a former U.S. Ste... (more)

Rebuilt MILW GP9s wait for their train to St. Paul to be readied at Northern Pacific's Rice's Point Yard in July 1969. Milwaukee Road utilized trackage rights on NP and later BN between St. Paul a... (more)

CN's L-599 transfer job with three SD60s and 60 empty limestone cars rolls past a Proctor Roadswitch that was spotting ore cars on Dock 6.

The relatively new paint on 5436 contrasts with the chipped and blistering paint on the ore carrier Roger Blough, which is also owned by CN but operated by a U.S. firm.

An A-A set of F-units (FP7 and F9) ease an excursion train past Duluth's popular Lakewalk along the shore of Lake Superior.

A perfect September day along the shore of Lake Superior finds Soo 2500A still shiny from its visit to Spencer leading ore horse Erie Mining F9A 4211 on an excursion to Two Harbors. Note the Natha... (more)

A & Dub's drive-in wasn't open yet so I couldn't order my favorite Hunter Burger, but their orange seating fit right in with the trio of Bessemer 900s working on the approach to CN's Duluth ore do... (more)

A nice (and unusual) gathering of three matched Bessemer units spot an ore train on the approach to Dock 6 in Duluth. The snowplow at the dealership will likely be busy before too long here in the... (more)