DWP caboose no. 53100 is a former New York Central bay window caboose acquired second hand as business increased in the 1980s. Shown here at their West Duluth yard.
DWP was experiencing traffic growth in the ealry 1980s and needed more cabooses. One example was a former GN St. Cloud shops caboose, DWP 53102, acquired from BN, shown at West Duluth, MN.
DWP 5850 and mate handle heavy switching at DWP's West Duluth yard on the hillside above Lake Superior. The former GTW Geeps are now lettered in DWP and in an era of rapid change, the whole operat... (more)
DWP 5909 rushes west with intermodal freight on a CN haulage train on BN's mainline from Chicago to the Twin Ciites at Flag Center, IL. This agreement was put in place after the 1985 acquisition o... (more)
Soo line SD40 no. 741 lead a freight west through Oconomowoc, WI at the former Milwaukee Road depot. At the time, Milwaukee's former mainline was still double tracked through here, and still featu... (more)