The smell of brake dust and diesel exhaust with the squeal of metal on metal filling the air as the 15:00 Proctor Road Switch comes down the 2.2% grade from Proctor with taconite loads for the doc... (more)

A CN transfer job departs BNSF's Rices Point yard after making a delivery. Two BNSF power sets can be seen in the shot as well as two CP sets on the far left in their yard.

Three former SP tunnel motors (two B&LE and one DM&IR) roll past a train of loads they have just brought down to Duluth for dumping at the ore dock.

After bringing the loads down the hill the crew runs around to begin preparations to shove them out onto the dock for unloading. This trio of B&LE units has caused quite the stir this spring in n... (more)

After bringing loads down Proctor Hill, the trio of B&LE units have run around the train and the crew begins preparations to shove the loads out onto the dock. The engineer walks to the head end ... (more)

There is still a little life in this view of a once-busy location in Duluth. This view is looking east along what was at one time NP's busy double-track "Shortline" through West Duluth where it cr... (more)

A yard job using road power swithes out bad order mini-quads while three other movements can be seen in the distance.

A matched trio of B&LE units eases a loaded ore train into Proctor for movement down the hill to Dock 6 in Duluth.

The CN logo and B&LE units look out of place at this former DM&IR ore dock in Duluth.

DMIR 303 leads the afternoon PRS as they shift 96 quads from Dock 6 to Lakehead for limestone loading.

On a beautifully calm fall afternoon SD-M 303, one of only three remaining rebuilt SD9/SD18s remaining on the former Missabe roster, leads the afternoon PRS as they shift 96 quads from Dock 6 to L... (more)

The clouds and rain have cleared in time for the afternoon Proctor Roadswitch to be caught easing 140 ore loads out of Proctor for Duluth.