A pair of J SD38-2s shove hard on the rear of a long and heavy northbound manifest as it starts its grind out of the Lake Superior Basin.

The Proctor Roadswitch heads back to its namesake after picking up a car at Steelton. 403 is the last maroon tunnel motor in service.

All four BNSF switchers can be seen at the bottom of Rice's Point Yard with one of the pairs pulling out a string of cars. The harbor is also pretty full, with four lakers in sight laid up and ice... (more)

What do you on a rainy day up on the Iron Range? Tour a Yellowstone at the Museum of course.

A pair of loaded all-rail ore trains dominate the center tracks at Rices Point yard in Duluth on a pleasant spring evening. The trains are staged here before heading to Gary, Indiana next week.

In early evening a pair of switchers roll the Duluth Transfer off the former NP Grassy Point bridge linking Superior and Duluth.

Recently repainted former Soo Line GP38-2 4433 leads a GP40 towards Rice's Point in Duluth on a pleasant spring morning.

The morning roadswitch brings down 6 empty bentonite hoppers and a loaded lumber flat to interchange with BNSF at Rice's Point in Duluth.

A CP reroute over the CN passes a BNSF Ore Train at CN's Steelton Yard on its way North.

A modern CP GE poses with SOO FP7A 2500A at Duluth's Union Depot during the Lake Superior Railroad Museum's "Railfan Weekend" event. Lighting by Steve Glischinski.

A pair of Soo Line geeps (out of sight to the left) move a 750-ton reactor from the port of Duluth to interchange with BN at Rice's Point Yard. This train would depart for Canada two days later o... (more)

This geep seemed to be the only thing the light wanted to touch in the yard this morning.

340 makes its way to pokey yard after a meet with Q199 at Steelton.

Four high hood unit descend Proctor Hill and arrive at Missabe Jct. with limestone empties. Even in 1994, getting four of these high hoods on a single train was a rarity.

A crew works on switching duties at BNSF's Rice Point Yard in Duluth, MN as several ships are getting to the tail end of winter layup at the Port of Duluth.