Atfer being delivered a few days ago, two of the most continuously in service F9's in the world rest in a thunder storm.

Fellow photographer Scott Carney working on the underside of the locomotive. I'll only make the one comment about this job being "the pits".

Ahh, like Father like Daughter, my 13 year old daughter spent Sunday afternoon helping to paint the South Shore RS-1 at the museum while dad worked on the traction motors, nothing fancy, just spru... (more)

Afternoon Proctor Roadswitch dumps ore cars on Dock 6 while the Presque Isle unloads limestone at its home port of Duluth.

EJ&E 665 and 659 shove hard on the rear of A439 as they grind out of the Lake Superior Basin.

Freshly painted 4433 sits in Duluth as the Adam E. Conelius unloads stone at Northland.

Rocky the Goat stands up proud on the side of the GN 400.

Hustle Muscle shows off for the GNHS convention in Duluth. Looks good in the new paint job.

Engineer Scott looks back over his train as we head over onto the mainline.

One of the oldest operating budd cars in the country meets a Soo gp30.

The Dinner Train adds to the scene as it heads up the shore of Lake Superior.

With the brake shoes smoking, the Extra Road Switch heads down Proctor Hill at dusk.

Locomotive is now owned by the Missabe Railroad Historical Society. In the past few weeks the maroon paint job has been buffed to a shine and the underframe given a fresh coat of black. All work h... (more)

Railpics contributer Dan Mackey on his qualifing trip as a locomotive engineer. Congratulations Dan!

Lots of activity in the Twin Ports, CN is bringing 40 loads onto the ore dock while they are loading a ship with taconite. Over in Superior on the other side of the bay there is a BNSF coal train ... (more)