After rebuilding at Albia, Iowa, CP F9B 1900 was put on train 493 for a shakedown run from St. Paul to Superior, Wisconsin. A rare visit for one of CP's Fs in the Twin Ports.

An empty tailings train rolls through a frosted forest setting as it heads back to Silver Bay from Babbitt.

A road set on an empty ore train is fueled at CN's Proctor yard prior to departing for United Taconite's Fairlane iron ore plant on a crisp -9F morning.

Former CB&Q streamlined passenger train known as the Mark Twain Zephyr rests at its new home in northwestern Wisconsin on the Wisconsin Great Northern. Restoration work is well underway and the po... (more)

A trio of helper (shover) units roll past CN train 8890 at control point Gary on Steelton Hill in far western Duluth. Fall color was good this year in northeastern Minnesota.

CN has positioned a number of air repeater cars at their former DM&IR Proctor yard as cold weather nears. The side-dump cars are also used seasonally in the winter to move limestone from Duluth to... (more)

The Lake Superior Railroad Museum temporally pulled a string of their equipment outside museum property so they could move a few trucks from the tight confines of their platform area. Some of thes... (more)

Two of NSM's new (ex-CSX) SD70ACe units ease a loaded taconite iron ore train into the yard at Silver Bay. On the left is the silo for tailings that are loading into side dump cars and moved to a ... (more)

Strong thunderstorms rolled through Duluth and in the process knocked over a few double stack cars at the port terminal.

I liked the symmetry of track panels stacked at BNSF's yard in Duluth.

With both BNSF-served taconite iron ore mines closed due to soft demand for steel, most of the railroad's fleet of ore cars is currently stored with the exception of a few sets running to U.S. Ste... (more)

DM&IR Consolidation 332 sets out a car at the Palmers siding. The damp weather made for some nice steam plumes. This locomotive will not operate in 2020 but should be back in operation during 2021... (more)

A UP train of petroleum coke from the Flint Hills Pine Bend refinery near St. Paul unloads at the Midwest Energy Resources Company dock in Superior. The longest vessel on the Great Lakes, the M/V ... (more)

Two former CSX SD70ACe units reconditioned by MEI for Northshore Mining rest at CN's engine facility at Proctor before being moved to the mining railroad. NSM is receiving five of these, 671-675, ... (more)

A conveyor ballast train deposits rock along a BNSF branch line in Duluth. These are interesting trains to observe and how they can dump ballast exactly where it is needed. A Tate & Lyle chemical ... (more)