After heavy thunderstorms rolled through the Twin Ports the afternoon Proctor Roadswitch rolls to pick up a cut of ore cars at Lakehead while passing under the abandoned approach to Dock 5.

When United States Steel ceased movement of crude ore by rail at their Minntac iron ore mine in northeastern Minnesota they sold off their large fleet of locomotives. This DM&IR train was the larg... (more)

I guess its too much to hope for nice units on a milestone train for the CP... But the power is fine by me! The widest load ever handled out of Port Terminal is about 2 hours into their journey. I... (more)

I guess its too much to hope for nice units on a milestone train for the CP... But the power is fine by me! The widest load ever handled out of Port Terminal is about 2 hours into their journey. I... (more)

I guess its too much to hope for nice units on a milestone train for the CP... The widest load ever handled out of Port Terminal is about 3 hours into their journey and just received a BNSF crew. ... (more)

700 sits at LSRM on a cloudless night in Duluth.

This turbine load along with the generator on the next flat back comprise the bulk of the widest load to be shipped out of the Twin Ports.

Three hours and now in the hands of a BNSF crew still less than two miles into a long slow journey, this special high-wide train is handling the widest load to date out of the Twin Ports at just o... (more)

GN 192 sits inside the shops at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum getting some prime mover work done.

The two GEs on the point have come down from Proctor to rescue a stalled limestone train, making for a nice five-unit set of second-hand units.

On a clear day atop Skyline drive, you can see for miles and miles and miles and miles. Oh yea, and the Rice's Point switchers working the evening shift.

The warm air and cold waters of Lake Superior meet and provide a thick blanket of fog to cover the two GP38-2's sitting at the CP Rice Point yard while they wait for a crew and job.

This was the north portal of the 520 foot tunnel the DW&P railroad constructed at M.P. 7.4 through Ely's Peak in far west Duluth as part of their Hill Line which took them into and out of downtow... (more)

BNSF transfer job gets underway headed to Superior via the Grassy Point Draw.

Shortly after the sun set the 15:00 Stinson yard job rolls lite back to Rice's Point yard after spotting box cars at a couple industries at the docks. 4510 and 4417 reflect in a large puddle that ... (more)