Outside of the EMD F and E unit line the GP30 is the best aesthetically styled locomotive EMD has produced, in my humble opinion. How can one argue when seeing restored Soo Line 700 kicking up a p... (more)

As this westbound Empire Builder approached the Rockies I bet there was disappointment in the sightseer lounge when all they could see was the faint outline of the mountains under a thick blanket ... (more)

Great to see 2719 under steam at Duluth Union Depot. This locomotive used to haul Soo passengers trains to their depot located just a few hundred yards away from this location.

You would expect to find these smaller BN SW1s working small yards or shop facilities versus a large terminal like St. Paul. It was a beautiful summer day to be riding on the porch!

A bit of wide angle lens play makes the 407 appear much larger than little brother SD38-2 212. Both are Missabe veterans, with 407 tracing its original birthright back to 1976 as SSW 9278 (SP) and... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder slows for its station stop at the Isaak Walton as snow continues to fall.

Blizzard! Three units lead a Minntac limestone north in near white-out conditions that were keeping MOW and signal crews very busy today, but the trains kept running.

Working the paper mill in Duluth is this nice pair of former Frisco switchers.

An A-B-B-B set of F9s pick up 12 loads of ore off Tunnel Siding and will move 24 cars to Trow for the night, to be picked up by tomorrow's westbound.

Five CN (DM&IR) jobs converge in Proctor at 15:00.

Southbound on the former DM&IR.

A crew members prepares to set the handbrake on a car while switching the BNSF interchange yard in Cloquet. The snowplows on this SW1 came in handy today.

Missabe 403 leads a train of steaming Minntac pellets south towards Proctor. The warm weather combined with high moisture in the air formed nice hoarfrost.

An Erie Mining Baldwin handles commercial freight from the DM&IR interchange while on the hill in the distance a pair of mine service RS11s haul a train of ore to the crusher.

A track renewal project at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum has opened up a temporary unobstructed view of the fireman's side of 4-4-0 William Crooks, the first locomotive in Minnesota. The locom... (more)