This hi-rail blower has earned its keep this winter as it has seen nearly constant use in March and April. It is loud - as confirmed by the one employee covering his ears.

This BN SD40-2 shows off its interior for a Railfair in Duluth. The blue signs describe what items are monitored by "modern" diagnostic systems.

Ore loads from Minntac roll south through Fairbanks in a heavy snow as an empty waits in the siding for its turn to head north.

The Lake Superior Railroad Museum temporally pulled a string of their equipment outside museum property so they could move a few trucks from the tight confines of their platform area. Some of thes... (more)

A CN crew spots ore cars for unloading at Dock 6 as the veteran laker s/s Wilfred Sykes loads for Indiana Harbor as the end of the Lake Superior shipping season nears.

This small SW1 struggles with a healthy cut of interchange cars off BNSF as they cross over the frozen St. Louis River.

This former DM&IR engine facility at Proctor hosts an all-EMD gathering of units just like old times, although the variety is quite different from Missabe days. At least DM&IR 403 and the faded lo... (more)

Three CHS switchers await their next call to duty as a "Salty" loads grain at the large CHS elevator complex in Superior.

There is still a little life in this view of a once-busy location in Duluth. This view is looking east along what was at one time NP's busy double-track "Shortline" through West Duluth where it cr... (more)

A rare A-B-B-B-A set of F9s exits the east tunnel portal and prepares to pick up 24 lodas of ore at Tunnel Siding. 4211 is owned by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum but they allowed Cliffs Erie ... (more)

Eastbound Empire Builder meets a westbound grain loads.

A trio of SD60Ms move a loaded unit grain train west towards Livingston where MRL helpers will be added for the climb over Bozeman Pass.

This remote CB&Q facility was rebuilt to help handle the coal traffic out of the PRB. Here standard coal power for the time is serviced prior to their next assignments.

Four former LTV Steel Mining Company GP38-3s are getting ready to ship out to their new owner, Maryland Midland. DM&IR had stored the units.

Roughly nine months after Cyprus Northshore Mining brought the former Reserve Mining property back from the dead two SDs still retain their Reserve colors and lettering. Of note is SD9 1225, the l... (more)