The SOO 2719 passes over the French River as they steam towards Duluth after spending the day in Two Harbors.

Built on 10-9-1941, this ex-EJ&E SW1 shows no sign of it's age or even slowing down at age 71 as it begins the afternoon/night shift along with it's two man crew doing switching at the Sappi mill ... (more)

A trio of SD60's and some mixed freight rattle the steel as they roll across the ex-Milwaukee Road (note herald) ex-Soo Line now CP Rail drawbridge over the Mississippi River in downtown Hastings,... (more)

A CAT powered transfer from the TC&W inches along the Merriam Park Sub. under the St. Paul skyline but above the vehicle traffic on Warner Road as they head to CPR Pigs Eye Yard.

Long gone from the CN active roster and shown in better days, this SD-M of the former DM&IR/ Missabe Road days was earning it's keep on this snowy New Years Day retrieiving a bad order set-out an... (more)

Built in 1906 by the Duluth & Iron Range RR this caboose is showing every bit it's 106 years of existence.

The Glen Mine trolley runs past Mesaba Junction and heads to the barn for the night after a day of hauling tourists around the Minnesota Discovery grounds. Some more info on the trolley follows: ... (more)

Located on the shores of Lake Superior, Northshore Mining operates a taconite processing facility. After delivering a string of taconite rock loads for the crusher, NSM 655, 656 and 657 prepare ... (more)

A man and his dog take a leisurely walk down the tracks on a nice spring afternoon while in the distance the U.P. local switches a small yard on Superior's east side of town.

In the waning aftermath of Snowpocalypse 2012, the Keenan Switch heads out in the elements to deliver a cut of empty gondolas to Mesabi Nugget for loading. The Mesabi Nugget project is a pioneer... (more)

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.

The night crew at the CTRR ride their long trusted steed, this SW1 built in 1941, out of the yard and past the Northeastern Saloon, (which displays an original hand written liquor license dated 1... (more)

Working in a fog. Under the cover of a thick fog the dayshift crew of the Cloquet Terminal Railroad, aboard the ex-D&NE #35 SW1000 built in 1967, goes about moving log loads closer to the plant wh... (more)

After a trip to Hinckley, MN to pick up a 30 car BNSF transfer of grain loads, the GP9 duo from the St. Croix Valley RR roll south down the former NP Skally Line about to cross over the Snake Rive... (more)

It's a cold, early morning as an empty 135 car train rounds the curve and enters Biwabik while on the way north to the U.S. Steel Minntac in Mountain Iron where they will load taconite pellets and... (more)