An interesting trio of locomotives on the CN job that shuttles ore loads and empties to the docks on Lake Superior silhouette against an interesting sky.
In a scene from the hey day of steam, Milwaukee Road, Soo Line, and Chicago & Northwestern equipment gathers at what could be a yard from the 1950s, alas it is 2013 and the great folks at the Lak... (more)
A clean SD60 and a trio of SD40-2Ws haul 17 limestone loads up the hill, leaving Duluth/Superior behind.
Crowds gather around 261 shortly after its arrival in Duluth from Minneapolis.
A new BNSF ACe rests at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum having been on display for National Train Day. The paint on the modern diesel is modeled in part after the original Great Northern scheme ... (more)
Milwaukee 261 prepares for its morning run to Minneapolis in the company of Amtrak 17.
A former Oakway SD60 leads a short 17-car limestone load up the ramp to Collingwood as it begins its assault on Proctor Hill.
After a short sojourn in Wisconsin the 261 has just crossed the Grassy Point drawbridge to re-enter Minnesota on the last leg of it's trip to Duluth.
The evening shift is underway for Bandit 4512. Drilling cars to be taken across to Stinson Yard in Superior.
Between CN and BNSF northern Minnesota is a haven for veteran EMD second generation diesels. Here seven EMDs lift limestone up Proctor Hill (three SD40-2W, one SD60, two SD40-3s and an SD40T-3). ... (more)
Out of service since 1998, this logging 2-8-2 was moved outside for the night photo session held as part of National Train Day at LSRM.
Mass pandemonium! 261 draws big crowds trackside as it arrives at the Duluth depot. Within a few minutes, the big 4-8-4 was surrounded!
An IC/BLE/CN combo wait for a crew and dock personnel to arrive to begin dumping taconite pellets into the DMIR ore dock in Duluth.
A sliver of light illuminates an ex-Milwaukee Road GP38-2, fitting considering Milwaukee Road 261 had arrived an hour earlier. BNSF's ore dock complex can be seen in the distance and the thousand ... (more)
The blue hour on National Train Day with the 4-8-4 Milwaukee Road 261 in Duluth , MN.
