Soo Line 2719 paused at Palmers, Minnesota during a photo charter. Note that the whitewall drive wheel tires and running boards have been painted black - authentic for how 2719 looked in regular ... (more)

Yet another CP paint scheme.

I'll guess that it won't be long until this units gets some red paint and body work.

A short transfer from Superior heads for the yard at Rice's Point.

A pair of full-width carbody units muscle M-343 upgrade out of the Lake Superior Basin headed for Canada. CN 2422 trails.

IC 6203 and 6204 shove on the rear of a long empty potash train headed up the Superior Sub out of Duluth.

With a patent date of 1914 on this journal box cover it looks like it is new compared to the rest of the car. You can still make out Griffin, St. Paul through the built up gime on the the wheel fa... (more)

Nice to still be able to see a pair of SOO units in 2010.

Rice's Point seems to have become a gathering yard for tank cars lately, with 4 track mostly full and another one building.

Restoration progresses at a good pace in the LSRM's shop restoring former WC 7495 back to its original roadname and number, Northern Pacific 3617. Once the cosmetic work is done the locomotive wil... (more)

The Proctor Road Switch climbs out of Duluth with twenty eight loads of limestone from Lakehead storage bound for Proctor Yard.

Rolling around an elevated curve next I-35 with 68 empty coal hoppers that are being returned to revenue service.

The Minnetonka's steam gauge hasn't registered steam pressure since 1959, when it was last steamed up to film a television commercial in Seattle. Since 1976 its been displayed indoors at the Lake... (more)

Study of the cab air brake gauges on the right-hand side of DM&IR 227

Two Minnesota "firsts" are displayed at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth. The 4-4-0 "William Crooks" was the first steam locomotive in the State of Minnesota, arriving by boat in 1861.... (more)