Burlington Northern GP9 1818 resting in the Old Town Yard in Superior's East End. Built as Great Northern 666 in March 1954, this was one of the few geeps assigned to the Mesabi Division while wor... (more)
The Soo Line acquisition of the Milwaukee Road in 1985 led to a lot of shuffling of equipment. The Soo had a pretty traditional reputation and when they unexpectedly ended up with the Milwaukee it... (more)
BN 6102 and GN 679, one of two passenger GP9s owned by Great Northern, wait for their crew at Superior, WI before going on an afternoon assignment. In September 1970 it was still possible to see n... (more)
BN 6102 shows off its ore dust at the Superior roundhouse as the vintage SD9 waits for its engineer to walk by and climb aboard the attached Geep. Time to go to work on another ore transfer job mo... (more)
Lake Superior Terminal and Transfer NW2 100 resting at the Terminal's main yard in Superior May 1973. The LST&T rostered six EMD switchers with 5 NW2s and an SW1200. Only three of the Terminal's s... (more)
Great Northern SD7 562 stops to receive orders from the operator at Central Ave. Tower in Superior May 1970. Exactly two months into the BN merger and it looks as if nothing has changed as the 562... (more)
Burlington Northern SD9 6103 resting at the Allouez Ore Yard in Superior WI June 1972. George Horna Photo from my Collection.
Two SOO GP38-2's bring CP's afternoon transfer from Stinson to Rices Point west through Superior, passing the old SOO Line depot which is now home to the Thirsty Pagan brewery.
A nice pair of CN SD60s shove wedge plow WC 300 (ex-Soo Line/WC) along the Stinson Subdivision (former Soo) in Superior.
I was running on just an hour of sleep and was up at 4am chasing CN around Escanaba to start the day. As the many railfans and normal people attempt to line up and take a photo of this beast, the ... (more)
A CHS job works next to the Ryerson in Superior.
BNSF GP38-2 2014 leads a local through Superior.
UP 4014 leads the tour train south across Grassy Point.
UP Big Boy 4014 leads a Duluth bound passenger special across the Grassy Point bridge.
A pair of CP AC4400CW's lead a westbound by the classic SOO Line depot, which is open today to Thirsty Pagan Brewing.