Kale McConnell (Assistant to the Mechanical Superintendent) keeps the manned helper under control as we roll towards home.

Conductor takes in the cool morning air as a classic SOO power set move back into the yard..

Transfer from Duluth to Superior eases across this former NP swing bridge over the St. Louis River on a picture perfect early November Sunday.

Engineer Lohrbach changes ends as a classic pair of Soo Line geeps rest on fairly scary track.

There is a lot going on in this shot, needs to enlarged to truly appreciate. On the left, the former DMIR caboose stands guard as the ship (aptly stenciled BIG LIFT) and its crew ready for the big... (more)

Just days after purchasing my first digital camera, I was glad I did. Most Missabe engines were gone by this time, and this would be the only time I would catch an SD38-2 not numbered #215 in maro... (more)

The Little Engine Who Couldn't. Little SW1 had a seized engine, and days after this picture was taken, she was turned into razorblades and parts for the NW5. Her bell also became the lunch bell fo... (more)

This unit has to be fresh from EMD as the trucks and fuel tank hardly have any road grim on them yet.

My only orange on Halloween was this faded ex-Milwaukee Road unit meeting a BN job under the CN ore docks in Duluth.

The night roadswitch heads back to Proctor after spotting limestone empties at Lakehead while the morning job cuts off its ore train at the dock.

CN train carrying limestone, sand or other minerals in short ore cars skirts the banks of the Duluth Harbor. Ramp in the immediate background is inactive and carried tracks up to one of the two sh... (more)

Workers ease a heavy component onto a 16-axle depressed center flat car at the Port of Duluth. The car is expected to a take a CP/DME routing to South Dakota this week as a special move.

Youngest fireman on the NSSR (a title hopefully taken by me next year) and Assistant to the Head of Locomotive Maintenance, Kale McConnell keeps the steam pressure pegged right below the pop off l... (more)

Jon Fogelberg has the final Lester River train of the year under control, and what a way to go out with the classy hand painted DSSA RS-1 leading!

Congratulations to the CP-SOO Line Twin Ports Terminal Employees for 5 Years Injury Free on September 30th. The day before the "party", 0700 Duluth Job is seen completing their round trip with a n... (more)