Soo Line GP30 speeds down the forest lined tracks as it takes passengers east from Duluth along the north shore of Lake Superior. Soo 700 is on Lake Superior Railroad Museum's roster.

A beautiful early evening finds the 1000-foot tug/barge Presque Isle taking on a load of iron ore at CN's former DM&IR dock while a BNSF transfer rolls past headed for Superior, Wisconsin.

Great looking pair of iron ore veterans bring 130 all rail taconite cars back to the BNSF after being stored all winter. This train was brought up when it was -30, quite the change! This is a not ... (more)

DMIR SD-M 316 (a rebuilt SD18) leads heritage paint scheme SD9 No. 129 and another SD18 as the ore train descends Proctor Hill approaching the Duluth ore dock near 40th Ave. W. in Duluth, Minn. Th... (more)

Rush hour begins in Duluth and a BNSF transfer job heads south parrallel to I35.

Tighter view of ore cars pushed onto the dock in order to begin loading onto the boats.

Sparkling clean 8427 awaits visitors for National Train Day at Duluth Union Depot, home of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. The depot was built in 1892 and served NP, GN and DM&IR.

A little street running action on Rices Point along Duluth's industrial waterfront on a Friday afternoon as they work to keep the customers happy.

A CP unit shuttles a lone grain car towards their yard while the British-flagged ocean vessel Johanna C unloads wind turbine blades at the port of Duluth.

The giant DMIR 227 Yellowstone and the original EF1 electric MILW 10200 stand in the afternoon sun under the trainshed in Duluth, but it's trains of the wooden variety that have my children's atte... (more)

Student Engineer Adamski has 120 some loads of taconite trailing him as the 0600 PRS screams down Proctor Hill on a beautiful morning.

A short transfer job scoots up Steelton Hill in far western Duluth. Now that spring is here work has restarted on CN's realignment and double tracking project on this route with a nearly 2.0% grad... (more)

The sun has long since set but the show must go on. A Proctor Road Switch crew works on dumping their train with the help of the dock crew while the Mesabi Miner takes on a load of iron ore pellet... (more)

Fresh from repainting at DM&IR's Proctor shop, SD18 193 leads a mixed train of Missabe equipment along the North Shore Scenic Railroad for members of the Missabe Railroad Historical Society. DM&IR... (more)

A Proctor Road Switcher brings loads down to the dock at Duluth for unloading. Here the train passes the newly reconfigured control point at Collinwood. The train will pull out of the dock and the... (more)