2 tunnel motors and an SD40-3 ease downgrade with an empty limestone train, bound for the port of Duluth to be loaded with Limestone, which is an ingredient in flux iron ore pellets.

Empties charge up the hill with 2 DMIR tunnel motors and a C40-8 for power.

An Intermodal with 2 GE motors gets on the Rainy Sub from the Missabe Sub division at Shelton Junction. The train is on it's way north towards Winnipeg, Canada Shelton Junction also has a Diamond ... (more)

CN C40-8 2040 leads limestone loads North up the grade at Spirit Mountain.

CN 2040 leads limestone loads North up Spirit Mountain.

It's a beautiful morning at CN's Dock 6 in Duluth, as IC 6251, IC 6252 and CN 5244 unload a train of iron ore.

DMIR right at home: The Duluth Missabe & Iron Range has returned home to Proctor Yard once again as the 17:00 E Lead job kicks cars at the yard in the last rays of golden hour with DMIR SD40T-3 40... (more)

The sun rises above Lake Superior as the first ray of sun shines on Dock 6 while IC 6251, 6252 and CN 5244 unload ore at the docks. 6251 is the last IC SD40-3 still in service with white frame str... (more)

The crew of U718 walks their power before the climb up Spirit Mountain into Proctor with IC SD40-3 6251, a CN SD40U and another IC SD40-3. 6251 is the last remaining IC Deathstar with a white fram... (more)

Screaming along the shores of Lake Superior, DMIR 332 leads the first AM excursion past Fitzgers with a full train of people during UP 4014’s visit to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum.

Union Pacific 4014...the "Big Boy" quietly rests after traveling across the state of Minnesota, reaching its northernmost destination of Duluth. While there was no formal photoshoot o... (more)

SOO 700 leads a pumpkin train west through Duluth.

Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic RS-1 no. 101 backs out of the Lake Superior Transportation Museum train shed and will load passengers for a fall color excursion up the North Shore past Knife River,... (more)

Former NP 245, now North Shore Scenic 245, was assigned on this day to handle a fall color excursion train between Duluth and Two Harbors. Some lucky passengers got to enjoy riding a former Santa ... (more)

Never waste a good mud puddle I always say! North Shore Scenic Railroad GP9 no. 245 waits to attach to its passenger excursion train at the Lake Superior Transportation Museum in Duluth, MN. The l... (more)