Steam to the front! DM&IR Consolidation #332 hauls her freight consist past DM&IR Diesel Locomotive #193 at the Marbles Siding, just outside Two Harbors, MN. On this particular day, the re... (more)

DMIR 193 holds at the Two Harbors depot.

A night switch crew with clean 6013 shoves empty ore cars to the outgoing yard at Two Harbors while Canada Steamship Line's vessel Atlantic Huron loads taconite for Quebec City (overseas export).

IC 6250 lifts ore empties out of Two Harbors, bound for the Taconite plants of Minnesota's famed Mesabi Iron Range.

A gorgeous day with a somber mood, the #215 wouldn't last on this job much longer, replaced by IC SD40-3's not long after this was taken. Once replaced, the #215 would never return to Two Harbors.... (more)

20,000 tons of ore pellets descend the 3% grade into Two Harbors with four veteran EMD work horses on the point.

DNE 28, hauling Northern Pacific Railway Historical Society excursion has stopped just short of Two Harbors on the North Shore Scenic Ry. The train will not be able to reach the station on this ru... (more)

Duluth & Northeastern 28 pauses at Old North Shore Road on the outskirts of Two Harbors, Minn.

Duluth & Northeastern No. 28 is being serviced at Two Harbors after a successful run up the North Shore from Duluth.

Very strong winds with gusts well over 50 mph churn up waves on Lake Superior, with some reaching a height of 20 feet. The white caps are clearly visible in this image at Two Harbors as B&LE 906 r... (more)

CN dock crews load blast furnace trim (crushed iron bearing taconite rock) into the hold of the laker Arthur M. Anderson. The taconite was mined at U.S. Steel's Minntac plant. The use of gravity t... (more)

October can have a wide range of weather along the shores of Lake Superior, and on this occasion it cooperated nicely. This close up view of DMIR SDM 304 shows off the chop nose and horn relocatio... (more)

Overview of Two Harbors from a Cessna.

Minntac loads wind around the corner just minutes out of Waldo and a steep descent to the docks at Two Harbors.

I will admit I was not excited when I heard the leader, but upon doing some more research, I am perfectly ok with it. Originally a GMD SD40,only 28 of these units were rebuilt by the CN in the 90'... (more)