A crude ore train dumps at the Eveleth Taconite plant on a bitter cold day (-37F was the low, -14F was the high).

A distant green over red indicates we are ready for a "Blue Hour" departure to Silver Bay with 156 cars of Taconite ore. A view in the cab of leased CREX 1201 operating on Northshore Mining.

It is hard to beat a beautiful fall day in Minnesota and what better way to spend it by riding in an open gondola.

A 30-car tailings train with an SD40-3 on either end (you can see the other unit between the cars on the right) prepares to ease under the loadout at Silver Bay.

Fill'er Up. Two leased GEs take on fuel at Northshore Mining's Silver Bay yard prior to taking 131 empty ore cars back to the mine at Babbitt.

Two units receive repairs at the NSM shops.

Five F-units head back to Superior with their caboose after having delivered a loaded grain train to Duluth.

NSM 1235 takes a break from spotting ore loads at the dumper along the shore of Lake Superior.

The warm glow from a yard light at Northshore Mining's Babbitt facility illuminates two leased CREX GEs as they prepare for a pre-dawn departure for Silver Bay with 156 cars of iron ore.

I'm not sure of the story behind this boxcar but it is one of the more interesting ones I have ever photographed.

A four unit set of helpers is stopped at the top of Bozeman Pass after helping a westbound up the grade as a thunderstorm approaches.

It is hard to believe the GN paint scheme lasted as long as it did on the LST&T's EMD switchers. This terminal line was owned by the GN, NP, Soo and C&NW. It was dissolved in the mid-1980s with BN... (more)

A pair of narrow gauge pusher engines rest at sunset. These small diesel engines shove cars to the rotary dump indexer on a track adjacent to the standard gauge line.

Looking out towards Lake Erie on a warm late September afternoon a CSX geep moves a cut of coal cars to the dumper yard. The flags on the left represent some of the shipping firms that call on thi... (more)

Eastbound Pioneer rolls though Laramie and its classic western style downtown.