A matched pair of IC SD40-3s leads a train up Proctor Hill as an ice-free Lake Superior shows off its deep blue color.

A matched pair of IC SD40-3s leads a train up Proctor Hill.

A matched set of CN SD40s leads empty DM&IR ore cars up Proctor Hill on a surprisingly snow-free February day. The former DM&IR is home to numerous veteran standard cab EMDs.

In my favorite shot of the day, the Fudge Pop twins start the descent on the main part of the grade on Lemon Drop Hill, with their dynamics howling and doing a fine job of holding the 123 cars bac... (more)

During early January CN assembled 3 matched IC SD40-3s. Originally they were in order 6250-6251-6252 but were reshuffled by the time this image was taken. Still, seeing a matched set of IC units i... (more)

DM&IR 193 and 316 work to move a stored coal train off the North Shore Scenic Railroad for BNSF to return to service. Normally the western tip of Lake Superior is frozen over by February, but not ... (more)

I wonder what these units would be saying if they could talk. At least 30 years their senior, NSSR power backs through the crossovers headed back to the barn. 13,2000 horsepower vs 3600 horsepowe... (more)

Accelerating out of the sag, Missabe motors shake the ground as they head to the BNSF.

The 193/316 have plied these rails intermittently for their entire lives. This shot taken from railroad property by an employee. Train winds through downtown Duluth. From this angle, the hogbacks ... (more)

The 193/316 have plied these rails intermittently for their entire lives. Here they are beginning their descent into the middle of the city down the infamous Lemon Drop Hill, dynamics howling to k... (more)

The twice-weekly UP transfer to Duluth heads back to Itasca Yard in far eastern Superior with five cars.

A local out of BNSF's Rice's Point yard rolls east to work a couple elevators next to CP's Rice's Point yard.

A nice Christmas present to myself was catching this move by the North Shore Scenic Railroad crew using DM&IR 316 and DM&IR 193 to bring empty BNSF coal hoppers up the scenic railroad line for win... (more)

Soo Line 2719 pulls into Duluth with fireman and fellow submitter Max Medlin creating some nice photogenic smoke.

Northern Pacific 0-6-0 Class L9 1052 was built by Baldwin in 1907. She had 51" drivers, 20 x 26 inch cylinders, operated at 180 psi boiler pressure, and could develop 31,200 lbs of tractive effort... (more)