An empty limestone train from Minntac arrives at Proctor while a Roadswitch crew prepares to take a train of ore to Duluth.

An empty limestone train eases down the ramp to Missabe Junction while a Proctor Roadswitch crew positions an ore train for dumping.

A pair of former Reserve Mining SD18s rest in the deadline. The 1232 is serviceable and is used on occasion.

The last active caboose on the DM&IR brings up the rear of the MRF on this day (April 20) in 1999. The caboose was being used in Two Harbors as a shoving platform and was headed to Proctor for ma... (more)

CN business train rolls over the double-deck Oliver Bridge nearing the end of its trip at Pokegama Yard near Superior.

The winter that won't surrender has frosted the side of this CN cowl.

CN repainted 102 into classic green and gold with the more modern CN logo. It is hard to get it leading as it is used for HEP (head-end-power for the passenger cars) and runs in the trailing posit... (more)

A full house in the theater car Sandford Fleming as a CN inspection train rolls south on the former DM&IR. The train operated from Winnipeg to Superior.

The Missabe Road's former EJ&E (C&O) switcher moves SD-M 305 off the turntable. This switcher was used to move dead units around the diesel facility and was sold to Hallett Dock in Duluth after th... (more)

In March of 2000 the DM&IR suffered a major derailment of a loaded ore train at the base of Steelton Hill. The train was an all-rail move from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant to Geneva Steel in Utah. T... (more)

A close-up view of SOO 2500A's engine compartment after its radiator was removed for repair.

A CP transfer with a sharp looking ICE unit heads across Tower Avenue en route to BNSF's Yard.

The ore carrier Presque Isle is moored between the docks in Two Harbors as an SD40-3 shoves empty cars into the outgoing yard on a cold and blustery spring day. The vessel is waiting for a Coast G... (more)

One of two heavy duty GE center cabs the C&NW tested rests at the South St. Paul engine facility.

A winter of heavy snow followed by some warm days has caused localized flooding in the Twin Ports, including CP's yard in Duluth. I wouldn't want to hang the air on those cars - that water is cold... (more)