The ditch lights of EJ&E 665 reflect off the glossy paint on a string of 81 new DM&IR ore cars that had just been delivered. EJ&E 665 and 659 had just assisted a CN freight up Steelton Hill and a... (more)

EJ&E 665 and 659 shove hard on the rear of a long A-439 as it grinds up Steelton Hill on the former DM&IR in far western Duluth. As viewed from Skyline Parkway.

CN GE'z lug oil cans bound for Canada as they crest Steelton Hill just south of Duluth.

SOO 700 moves around the North Shore Scenic Railroad's Lester River train to prepare for the trip back to the Duluth Depot.

An almost full yard at Rice Point as the yard power waits. The Rice Point Canadian Pacific Yard is in the upper left and the Frasier Shipyard can also be seen at the end of the Blatnik bridge wher... (more)

A BNSF All-Rail Ore Train works on getting it's train together while the Paper Mill switch has parked to go for lunch.

Soo 700 leads the North Shore Scenic Railroad Lester River Train back to the Duluth Depot avoiding the storm clouds to the north.

SOO wide vision caboose #1 rests out back at the LSRM.

212 gathers up some loads for a trip up to the dock.

A large 85 car transfer wraps it's way around Rice Point as the 477 foot Alexia comes into port on a perfect early summer sfternoon.

A sliver of light between two clouds illuminates CN's track geometry car as it decends the "ramp" from the ore dock approach to Missabe Junction.

The Proctor Road Switch finishes up spotting cars loaded with iron ore pellets on the right side on the dock and is going to take the two cuts of empties on the left back to Proctor as a BNSF coal... (more)

A large transfer shoves a cut of cars into the almost full yard at Rice Point as the yard power waits to move it around. The rest of the large 85 transfer waits along the highway to be moved. T... (more)

Two EJ&E units prepare to push a large CN train up Steelton Hill. That's CN's Oliver Bridge linking Wisconsin and Minnesota in the backround where the trains travel on top and vehicles travel bel... (more)

Ore on the CN - what a concept. The 212, B&LE 903 and DMIR 408 lead 136 loaded ore cars of Minntac pellets towards Dock #6. Minntac recently restarted production after several weeks of no pellets ... (more)