This old beast awaits it's call to duty if the heavy snows come to the Twin Ports.
The North Shore Scenic's Budd Car decked out in holiday lighting makes it's final run for 2009 picking up the last group of happy children for their return trip to Santa's Courtyard.
With light snow falling the afternoon Proctor Road Switch pauses before heading up the hill after dumping taconite in the ore dock in West Duluth
A recent snow storm gives way to cold clear skies in the Twin Ports. In what seems to be a rare occurance a DPU unit is facing the right way for a shot of this inbound coal loads to Superior.
The Rapids turn rolling into Cloquet where they will set out most of their train before heading West. With single digit temps the paper mill sure puts out a lot of steam.
The Rapids Turn pulling a few cars from a local industry in Carlton.
The Rapids Turn kicking up snow on it's way West.
An Eastbound Grain Train makes it's way through an "S" curve along the Flathead river along the MRL.
Coming out of cloud cover at Paradise, this Eastbound is headed down MRL's Fourth Sub.
3 big units lead an Eastbound freight under an old NP signal bridge at Plains Montana, I believe this was a Pasco to Kansas City train.
4 GE's lead a Westbound Z train out of Bad Rock Canyon along the Flathead River.
A set of helpers bring up the rear of this Eastbound Manifest at Columbia Falls.
A loaded grain train makes it's way West through the tunnels just East of Belton.
The Mission Mountain with it's one man crew pulls out of the Plum Creek plywood mill after spotting a boxcar.
The Mission Mountain on it's way back from Kalispell to Columbia Falls crossing over a small trestle with one car in tow.
