Typical Proctor Road Switch power pulls a long string of side dumps down from Missabe JCT, which will be spotted at the Lakehead facility for loading.
The NSSR's RDC-1 is all dressed up for the Christmas season. The Polar Express is back in town!!! People are getting on to enjoy the ride back to the Fitgers brewery.
Missabe 202 certainly has a number of things to be thankful for today, mainly to still be in operation after having been "retired" in the CN computer on November 14.
A Proctor Roadswitch job works limestone loads out of Lakehead in West Duluth.
A 52-car grain load for Duluth reflects in the calm water of Hallett Dock's slip adjacent to CN's Duluth ore docks.
There is some rugged scenery in the Twin Ports area. Just a few minutes away from a crew change at Pokegama Yard, a hot CN southbound descends Steelton Hill.
A pair of Soo Line GP38-2s spot cars at a warehouse along Duluth's waterfront. That's a heavy-lift Schnabel car on the right with rider caboose.
BNSF's Rice's Point Yard sits idle for the night. A set of switchers idle away waiting for their next assignment.
The LSRM's EMCO S-12 rests out back of the museum on track 2.
SOO caboose # 1 poses nicely on track 2 at the LSRM in Duluth.
DMIR 303 leads the afternoon PRS as they shift 96 quads from Dock 6 to Lakehead for limestone loading.
A loaded ore train arrives at Duluth after decending the 2.2% grade of Proctor Hill.
On a beautifully calm fall afternoon SD-M 303, one of only three remaining rebuilt SD9/SD18s remaining on the former Missabe roster, leads the afternoon PRS as they shift 96 quads from Dock 6 to L... (more)
The LS&M's tourist train rests in the late afternoon sun after completing another successful excursion season, of which this was the last weekend.
