DWP 3609 & 3603 show off two of five color schemes worn by DW&P RS-11s in their life on the railroad. The "zebra" scheme on no. 3609 would be the last CN scheme used. They would then see... (more)

MILW 988 leads a trio of GP20ms sitting at BN's Rice's Point Yard, the former main yard of NP in Duluth. These "GP20 Uglies" were recently rebuilt from MILW GP9s. MILW used NP/BN's line ... (more)

A loaded all-rail ore train eases down Steelton Hill in western Duluth as northern lights put on a show above.

Duluth Winnipeg & Pacific Ry. was part of the Grand Trunk system of US railroads owned by Canadian National. During the post-steam era DW&P operated their railway primarily with Alto RS-11s acquir... (more)

DMIR 176 grinds up Proctor Hill with an empty ore train in September of 1987. Much has changed here over the years. The DMIR is now the CN, the line has been single tracked, and a hotel resides in... (more)

A pair of Canadian Pacific GP's lead the HS12 transfer job as it departs from Duluth, Minnesota after picking up cars from BNSF's Rice's Point Yard. The train is passing under two ore docks, the a... (more)

A taconite pellet train is being unloaded on the famous Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Railroad's Dock 6 in Duluth, MN. As the sun rises at 0700 hrs, the train catches enough light to provide this m... (more)

The Two Harbors turn heads for home reaching the outskirts of Duluth seen here meeting the Duluth Zephyr at Lakeside Siding, who will then line themselves out and follow us into town after the mee... (more)

A quartet of C40-8's have conquered Proctor Hill with a train of Difco's loaded with limestone for Minntac.

A quartet of ex-Chicago Northwestern C40-8's shove to Missabe Junction with limestone loads for US Steel's Minntac Mine. Interlake Steamship Co's "James R. Barker" sits backed onto Dock ... (more)

A front end loader is hard at work loading jennies with limestone at the Hallett Dock Company in Duluth, Minnesota. One the Hallett Dock switchers, SW1200RSm 1251, pulls the cut forward one car at... (more)

A pair of C40-8s bookended by IC SD40-3s lift Minntac limestone loads up Proctor Hill.

Yes, it was a cold one.

Union Pacific's "Big Boy" is dwarfed by the Joseph L. Block unloading Minorca-bound limestone at CN's Dock 6 in Duluth.

Hallett Dock locomotive 1251 is celebrating her 62nd birthday this year. Built in 1960 for Canadian Pacific, she now lives her life switching limestone cars for Canadian National's operation in Du... (more)