What is thought to be the last train called under DM&IR ownership in 2004 (07:30 Proctor Roadswitch) leads the LSRM's ex-Soo FP7A back to the musuem after hibernating at the Proctor Roundhouse. C... (more)

Seven former LTVSMC Alco RS11s rest at CP's Stinson Yard prior to being shipped east to their new owner.

SD75I 5664 leads an empty ore train across the Goose Lake causeway with train SORE-4 and 100 ex-C&NW ore cars.

At sunrise the Proctor Roadswitch spots ore cars for unloading on Dock 6 on a below zero morning.

Hard to believe these short 24' ore cars built in the 1950s and originally pulled behind massive 2-8-8-4 Yellowstones are still in service. CN has ordered 232 new cars for delivery in first quart... (more)

A vintage former EJ&E SW-1 heads past the Northeastern Hotel on its way to switch.

CN local 540 departs the Marquette Range for Plains with four cars. About to cross over the Goose Lake causeway.

POW! Normally assigned to ore service, this IC SD40-3 is today working a helper job out of Pokegama en route to assist A-438 at Adolph (Proctor).

Westbound manifest crests the grade at Summit and starts its decent down Marias Pass.

The Proctor Roadswitch backs into Rices Point Yard with interchange traffic for BNSF. Surprisingly, like the trio of Missabe SD38s, the ship in the distance (Edwin H. Gott) is also owned by CN.

Hooping up the tea. With true shortline charm, the engineer on L3 prepares to snare his sweet tea from a switch broom. It might not be a train order, but the classic pose is priceless.

A nice looking Soo Line heavyweight passenger train display in Ladysmith. This display would take a direct hit from a tornado a few years later, tipping over the cars.

Steaming ore cars coated with frost from their morning below zero trip from the mine arrive at Proctor.

A really neat set of 1966-built GP40s work a Canadian Pacific transfer in snowy Duluth. Leading is Soo Line 2010, a former Milwaukee Road GP40 that amazingly still wears the colors of its first ow... (more)

Hiawatha Street engine facility in South Minneapolis hosted a number of stored units in 1980 after the abandonment of the Pacific Extension earlier that year. Now the Minneapolis light rail shops... (more)