Onto the BNSF track now,past Rices Point Yard, the coal empty is headed for the former DM&IR ore docks, where they will cut off and leave the train. The track they are pulling down on is the West... (more)

DM&IR #193 and EMC #4211 both spent their lives hauling ore, so 121 empty coal cars are a piece of cake. Here they wind through the Canal Park area of Duluth, almost to the BNSF's Rices Point Yard... (more)

Blue hour descends on BNSF's former Northern Pacific Rices Point yard in Duluth after a nice dusting of snow earlier in the day. A pair of switchers work cars as the wind picks up and the temperat... (more)

Two units from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum hold in the clear while a Union Pacific transfer shoves into BNSF's Rices Point yard. The two locomotives will handle an empty coal train for stora... (more)

A slot train being used to clear brush holds in the clear as two locomotives from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum cross over ahead.

Two veteran EMD models shove hard on 117 empty Detroit Edison coal cars being positioned along the North Shore Scenic Railroad for temporary winter storage.

A former Soo Line FP7 leads a DM&IR SD18 and Erie Mining F9A as the trio handle 117 empty BNSF all-rail ore hoppers. The cars are being stored for a few weeks on the North Shore Scenic Railroad.

A former Soo Line FP7 leads a DM&IR SD18 and Erie Mining F9A as the trio muscles 117 empty BNSF all-rail ore hoppers along the north shore of Lake Superior. The cars are being stored on the North ... (more)

An empty BNSF ore train passes by the Great Lakes Trader, which sports a nice ice mustache after its trip across Lake Superior.

With an air temp at -4F Erie Mining F9A 4211 leads DM&IR 193 and a train of empty BNSF steel hopper cars out of Rices Point. Who would have thought 4211 (or 193) would be powering an ore train, al... (more)

It is Christmas Eve and Santa climbs aboard his sleigh for a busy night ahead...with the red Mars light of 2500A helping guide the way like Rudolph did on that one night long ago. Merry Christmas ... (more)

A couple of ladies wait to board the Christmas City Express back to the Fitgers complex at dusk.

Outside of the EMD F and E unit line the GP30 is the best aesthetically styled locomotive EMD has produced, in my humble opinion. How can one argue when seeing restored Soo Line 700 kicking up a p... (more)

There aren't too many end cab switchers remaining on the BNSF roster but here we find three awaiting their next call to duty in Duluth.

Snow is falling lightly in Duluth as loads head for the dock.