While bumming around Superior with John Ryan and Ron we got a call from a good friend of mine about a nice looking Grand Rapids Local. I figured we would never see them as they were doing 40 mph a... (more)

Minutes after passing their destroyed siblings at Highland, (head on collision 9-30-10) 3 SD40-3's and an odd SD75I drop still steaming loads through the really elevated curve at Two Harbors. Trac... (more)

Typical northern Minnesota. Long winding highway with few cars and long and loud ore trains. Cant beat it.

GHOST TRAIN! After a derailment at LP forced the closure of the SB IR Sub from Waldo to Two Harbors, empties get rolling again. little did I know a short 3 weeks later both of these engines would ... (more)

Youngest fireman on the NSSR (a title hopefully taken by me next year) and Assistant to the Head of Locomotive Maintenance, Kale McConnell keeps the steam pressure pegged right below the pop off l... (more)

Jon Fogelberg has the final Lester River train of the year under control, and what a way to go out with the classy hand painted DSSA RS-1 leading!

Largest grain elevators in the world compared to a small EMD locomotive...

Congratulations to the CP-SOO Line Twin Ports Terminal Employees for 5 Years Injury Free on September 30th. The day before the "party", 0700 Duluth Job is seen completing their round trip with a n... (more)

1100 loads running a little late as they blast through Toimi with some fall colors still clinging on.

In beautiful morning light, I finally crossed this shot off my list, twice! Not only did it have 3 consecutively numbered tunnel motors, it had the last maroon tunnel motor left. The North Shore S... (more)

Using John Ryan's massive 300mm beast, one of 3 T-Bird test trains heads back to Fairlane with another load.

While all the fans were salivating over their MP 23 shot, I'll let RP be inundated with theirs. I was quite tickled with this shot around the curve to be quite honest!

In a shot inspired by Kent Rengo, Kale McConnell fires up the #316 to reposition during a four person photo shoot involving the MRHS and Signal Department of the LSRM. Many thanks to Kent Rengo, K... (more)

One of the better Missabe consists this year and maybe the last time the #674 was photographed in Missabe country. The next day she was shipped south for who knows what.

A collective collaboration between the Signal Department and the MRHS's motive power supervisor. A small photo shoot was held to show off the Signal Department's new semaphore, and the MRHS's two ... (more)