CP transfer from Superior to Duluth arrives at Rice's Point and the Port Terminal. The concrete pillars on the left are from the approach to the mostly removed Interstate Bridge (GN).
The changing face of the Missabe. A pair of reassigned IC SD40-3s (6254/6261) depart Proctor with the MRF while B&LE 909 and IC 6006 arrive with a loaded ore train (U-717) from United Taconite. ... (more)
The Missabe local heads south in light snow with an amazing 11 units on the point. One half of the husband-wife snowman couple seemed impressed by the consist as well. Leading the train was CN GP4... (more)
This is what the former Missabe will look like soon as the last of the maroon diesels are retired. A matched set of ex-Missabe tunnel motors sits high up on Dock 6 while a trio of matched ex-IC (B... (more)
Soo 2719 leads a special fall color train back to Duluth Union Depot from Two Harbors and in the process crosses over the Frech River.
Close-up view of two CREX GEs being tested by Northshore Mining. EMD SD70ACe units are slated to test later in the year.
A former BN SD40 hustles MRL's large wrecker from Laurel up the east slope of Bozeman Pass, likely headed to a derailment as this was the only thing moving.
On a stunningly beautiful fall day along the shore of Lake Superior, the next-to-last regular scheduled train for the 2014 season heads back to Duluth Union Depot after hauling a sold out train to... (more)
An empty Wisconsin Central ore train with borrowed CSX SD80MACs arrives at Steelton yard in Duluth for interchange with DM&IR. The train will load at the Minorca mine and unload at WC's former C&N... (more)
Orange meets orange with a family connection as GN 192 guides a North Shore Scenic Railroad passenger train into the siding while a special Operation Lifesaver train holds the mainline. The OLS tr... (more)
Freshly painted S00 700 back in Duluth for the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. The museum's ex-MN&S FM is also pictured.
CN (Missabe) making an interchange delivery to BNSF at Rice's Point Yard in Duluth.
The journey continues (in French and English). The anniversary of privatization logo applied to a handful of locomotives in 2010 is still in decent shape on 2107 as it toils away on ore trains in ... (more)
C&NW leased (tested) two of these large GE center cab switchers (1198 and 1199). They lasted three years from October 78 through October 81.
