The North Shore Scenic Railroads newest acquisition, a GP9 built for the NP for passenger service currently in Dakota Quality Grain Coop heading up the shoreline giving riders a fantastic view.

Strong thunderstorms rolled through Duluth and in the process knocked over a few double stack cars at the port terminal.

I liked the symmetry of track panels stacked at BNSF's yard in Duluth.

Former DMIR tunnel motor 405 leads limestone loads up famed Spirit Mountain.

GN NW5 no. 192 parks next to former Erie Mining F9A no. 4211 among other equipment stored outdoors at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, MN. Their website reports the museum has reopened... (more)

NP 3617 remains parked with other museum equipment during June 2020 due to the COVID-19 shutdown of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. At least late afternoon sunlight permitted a glimpse of it pa... (more)

A conveyor ballast train deposits rock along a BNSF branch line in Duluth. These are interesting trains to observe and how they can dump ballast exactly where it is needed. A Tate & Lyle chemical ... (more)

BLE 903 spots her ore train for dumping into Dock 6 in Duluth, while Central Marine Logistics' Joseph L. Block unloads limestone into the hopper on the side of the dock. The limestone will eventua... (more)

Burlington Northern S4 919 resting in front of the yard office at Rices Point Yard in Duluth October 1970. Robert C Anderson Photo from my Collection.

Northern Pacific RS3 858 leads another RS3 and two RS11s at Bridge Yard in downtown Duluth July 1965. Tom Smart Photo from my Collection.

A trio of 2nd generation EMD's sits on the ore docks of Duluth, MN

Soo Line SW9s 2118 and 2117 with a transfer from the BN passing under Garfield Ave in Duluth MN June 1979. The 2118 has yet to be painted into the "Duluth" scheme, that won't happen unti... (more)

Soo Line SW9s 2119 and 2118 picking up a transfer from the BN at Rices Point Yard in Duluth July 1980. These SW9s were built in September 1953 for the original Wisconsin Central. The 2119 was pain... (more)

Two tunnel motor, still in their B&LE paint, lead a pair of CN painted SD40 types and limestone loads up Proctor Hill in low late winter afternoon light, bound for Minnesota's Iron Range.

A colorful lashup of CN subsidiary roads in the IC, DMIR, and BLE, await their crew and their trip back up Proctor Hill with ore empties on CN's Dock 6.