On a nice clear winter day the Cloquet Terminal Railroad switches the large Sappi Paper Mill at Cloquet, MN.

A couple sharp-looking repaints head up the BNSF Grand Rapids Local. The two green SD40-2s will be set out enroute for use on the Kelly Lake Local. The junction at Carlton is still protected by cl... (more)

A couple sharp-looking repaints head up the BNSF Grand Rapids Local. The two green SD40-2s will be set out enroute for use on the Kelly Lake Local. The large local is just getting up to speed on i... (more)

After a failed attempt to climb this hill a short time earlier in a heavy rainstorm, two C30-7s dig in to start climbing with 60 loads of ore pellets. The cascade green paint alludes to their prev... (more)

The CN L'Anse turn is on the way back to Ishpeming and has just completed the arduous climb up L'Anse hill. The trip is a slow one at restricted speed over the light rails of the old Duluth, South... (more)

The Marquette Range Sub wayfreight is on the way to interchange cars with the LS&I at Queens and pick up southbound CN traffic at Partridge Siding. It is skirting the shore of Goose Lake. The old ... (more)

It's a calm morning just after sunup as an empty ore train skirts Goose Lake in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Runs to Empire Mine such as this face a dim future as the open pit iron mine is slated t... (more)

Spring storms have paused long enough for the sun to break through as the 3-Tilden backs up to make another attempt to draw 60 loaded ore cars up the grade they previously stalled on during a heav... (more)

As traffic slows and new locomotives continue to come online, we've been fortunate to see a pair of classic cowl units make multiple trips over the Minneapolis Sub to Minnesota and back. On this d... (more)

CN can provide variety on occaision, such as when one of the three DASH 9s in full BCOL paint shows up on the Minneapolis Sub. Long days allow for photo opportunities as L516 makes its way east th... (more)

This day dominated by clouds broke into full sun at historic Cassville for a few minutes. Luckily the sun coincided with this empty oil train headed west on the Aurora Sub.

With 16 loads of logs from Ashland, the local runs south through the small town of Glidden. This line was constructed as part of the original Wisconsin Central mainline across the state. Current t... (more)

With 16 loads of logs from Ashland, the local runs south into the winter morning sun along the Bad River in northern Wisconsin.

The CN turn from Bradley to Park Falls and back crosses a swollen South Fork of the Jump River at Prentice. In Wisconsin Central days smaller four axle power was the mainstay on local and branchli... (more)

NS 6784 with westbound oil empties pass train 471, a manifest for the Waseca Sub at Goodview, MN. CP 6236 west is stopped and waiting for a cab to pick up the crew. The 6784 started life on Conrai... (more)