A double rainbow adds color above a rear distributed power unit on a loaded ore train at Allouez yard in Superior.

A former GN snow dozer blasts west at 40 mph near Ball Club, Minnesota after a heavy snow.

A nice pair of CN SD60s shove wedge plow WC 300 (ex-Soo Line/WC) along the Stinson Subdivision (former Soo) in Superior.

The final train of the season to Two Harbors returns to Duluth behind Hustle Muscle as sun fights with clouds. The passengers on the sold-out North Shore Scenic Railroad train enjoyed a nice sampl... (more)

Timing is everything, and everything came together as three trains converged at CN (former DM&IR) Dock 6 while the distinctive Algoma Central laker John D. Leitch loaded ore. Great light and color... (more)

Limestone loads behind a trio of C40-8 variants begins its climb up Proctor Hill while three DM&IR tunnel motors spot ore cars for dumping at Dock 6.

BNSF snow dozer 940022 (former Great Northern) works west along the Lakes Sub near Cass Lake in northern Minnesota. Note: telephoto lens and track curves off to the left, not standing in front of ... (more)

A temperature inversion at sunrise has trapped steam rising off freshly baked taconite pellets at CN's former DM&IR yard at Proctor, Minnesota. A trio of Missabe tunnel motors will head north for ... (more)

A blue hour image of a loaded 60-car train of limestone heading up Proctor Hill while the American Century and Philip R. Clarke load ore at CN's ore dock. Tug Helen H assists the Clarke.

A pair of former DM&IR SD38-2s switch Proctor yard on a crisp -5F morning. The calm conditions have allowed a temperature inversion to trap steam from freshly baked taconite pellets close to the g... (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)

One of Hallett Dock's switchers spots cars of taconite pellet chips/fines at the firm's unloading shed. This ore is from Keewatin Taconite and will be shipped from Hallett Dock by lake vessel to b... (more)

A 3-unit helper set with relatively new 4404 leads MRL's local 841 and its two GP35s back to Livingston.

On a crisp morning a Loram rail grinder lights up the west slope of MRL's Bozeman Pass just before dawn. The grinder is moving west and the track still steams where it had just passed over.

A Wisconsin Northern train rolls through a snow encrusted tree tunnel on its way south after switching industry in Chetek. This line is former Omaha (C&NW) and has seen a rebirth due to fracking s... (more)