A nice line-up of first generation EMD diesels for a special photo shoot at the Wisconsin Great Northern. Lighting by Steve Smedley and Jeffy Terry.

The final train of the season to Two Harbors returns to Duluth behind Hustle Muscle as sun fights with clouds. The passengers on the sold-out North Shore Scenic Railroad train enjoyed a nice sampl... (more)

Northshore Mining's new locomotive positions ore cars at the dumper in Silver Bay.

Timing is everything, and everything came together as three trains converged at CN (former DM&IR) Dock 6 while the distinctive Algoma Central laker John D. Leitch loaded ore. Great light and color... (more)

Not many things can make a UP Big Boy look small, but the Great Lakes vessel Joseph L Block sure does. The 4-8-8-4 was backing its train toward a wye in West Duluth as the Block unloaded limestone... (more)

A beautiful summer morning in Minnesota finds UP 4014 southbound on BNSF's Hinckley Subdivision.

Likely one of the tightest curves 4014 will encounter on its journey is this section on BNSF in Superior, Wisconsin. Here the massive 4-8-8-4 is "walked" through the curve with a little ... (more)

Blue hour Saturday morning as Big Boy slumbers at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth after its run up BNSF from the Twin Cities.

This 45-tonner was saved from scrapping by WGN and has been repainted for a lease stint on the Lake Superior & Mississippi tourist railroad in Duluth. The industrial locomotive had worked at the A... (more)

One of two former ILSX (WC/UP/MP/TP) GP35s acquired by Wisconsin Great Northern wears fresh paint at Trego. The other, 1388, still wears ILS maroon and gold paint. The GP35s were rebuilt in the 19... (more)

Two of Wisconsin Great Northern's F7s relax on a quiet Sunday afternoon.

BNSF's 2019 Employee Special rolls west though Cloquet on the Lakes Subdivision after boarding passengers at Carlton.

DM&IR consolidation 332 (aka D&NE 28) undergoes testing prior to being placed into service this summer on excursion trains along the north shore of Lake Superior. On the left is DM&IR SD18 No. 193... (more)

NP SD45 3617 and GN SD45 400 "Hustle Muscle" together at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. Volunteers were doing some work on 3617 as the museum hopes to have it operational in the near... (more)

EMD's first production SD45, GN 400 Hustle Muscle, is moved at BNSF's Belknap Street engine facility in Superior. The SD45 is being moved to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth. Amazingly,... (more)