DMIR 309, an SDM (rebuilt from an SD18) is mated up with SD38-2s 215 and 212 at Two Harbors, MN between runs on a pleasant late afternoon in October 1990. The 215 was originally a Bessemer & Lake ... (more)

An IC SD40-3 shoves empty ore cars toward the outgoing yard at Two Harbors while the American Steamship Company 1000-footer American Century loads taconite iron ore pellets for Indiana Harbor.

Flyover view of Two Harbors. An Illinois Central is pulling ore cars through the unloader, where pellets will move by conveyor to the stockpiles. The Roger Blough is being loaded on Dock 2. No dro... (more)

The Two Harbors switch job with fairly clean Bessemer 906 shoves empty cars past the large ore stockpile.

Ore loads close in on Two Harbors with a four pack of veteran EMD's.

145 empties head north out of Two Harbors with a classic B&LE tunnel motor in charge.

An array of power sits in Two Harbors.

A switch crew uses a four-unit road set to position empty ore cars into the outgoing yard at Two Harbors while the CN-owned 1000-footer Edgar B. Speer takes on a load of Minntac pellets.

For a brief period in 2002 North Shore Scenic Railroad borrowed DM&IR (ex-B&LE) SD38 869 for use on its tourist line between Duluth and Two Harbors. I imagine this was the most unusual assignment ... (more)

The star of the Disney film "Iron Will" leads a special passenger excursion out of Two Harbors for Duluth in 1993. The logging road Mikado is currently on display at the Lake Superior Ra... (more)

The Roger Blough is at Dock 2 taking on a cargo of pellets from the stockpile. Dock No. 6 at the bottom was taken out of service in 1963 on "Black Friday" when the Missabe shut down Two... (more)

It's all business at the CN docks at Two Harbors. The Roger Blough is loading pellets off the stockpile at Dock 2 while another train is being dumped through the shed on the lower left and those ... (more)

CN Two Harbors yard is the final destination in Minnesota for some of the taconite pellets made at the Iron Range's taconite plants. Most of what is stored here are from the Minorca mine and Min... (more)