Leased Alaska 3004 looks right at home in the cold and snow of northeastern Minnesota as it leads a 135-car empty ore train west on Northshore Mining.

An A-B-B-B-A set of classic F9s ease down the steep ramp into the loading area at the ore dock on the shore of Lake Superior.

This former DM&IR shop switcher was originally built for the C&O as their 5060 and then sold to the EJ&E as their 455 (upgraded to SW1200 specs). The switcher was transferred from the J to the Mis... (more)

An interesting paint scheme on the nose of this SD40-2 as it leads a BN train over MRL track east of Helena.

Looking more like a scene from Greenville, PA than Proctor, three of the five B&LE 900s assigned to the DM&IR rest at the diesel house.

These tracks are gone and the ore dock on the far left is in the process of being removed. CN now serves the few remaining Ashland customers on an as-needed basis.

Afternoon Proctor Roadswitch spots cars on the ore dock while a UP trains arrives with PRB coal across the bay at MERC. The ship (Cason J. Callaway) is arriving with limestone for C. Reiss and is... (more)

Three un-patched ex-ATSF SD45s head back to their train after picking up a repaired bad order ore car. This train was hauling ore from the Minorca plant in Minnesota to the dock facility at Escan... (more)

Hallett Dock HD-11 sits along with hibernating Lake Superior & Mississippi tourist railroad's GE.

A repainted BN bay window caboose (shoving platform) brings up the rear of a yard job switching a local chemical plant.

The special 1997 10-year anniversary paint on WC 3026 is holding up well 10 years after the anniversary. Even the map of Wisconsin on its body looks good.

Nice clean leader powers an ore train through ice fog as it heads for the plant at Silver Bay on Christmas Eve.

A trio of helper (shover) units roll past CN train 8890 at control point Gary on Steelton Hill in far western Duluth. Fall color was good this year in northeastern Minnesota.

A pair of units plow along the North Shore Scenic Railroad as they head northeast to pick up the third and final empty coal train that was stored on the NSSR this past January/Feb.

A fresh (2013) ACe leads a coal empty through the siding at Nickerson under Code Blue conditions.