Eileen Laakso has the honor of christening D&NE steam locomotive 28 at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum on National Train Day. The former DM&IR 2-8-0 (No. 332) will be used to pull passenger trai... (more)

The DM&IR ore docks in Duluth, MN are busy switching cars and loading the Edward Ryerson. The docks take on a completely different look at night, as shown in this photo from October of 1993.

A view inside the cab of Duluth & Northeastern 28 as its brought up to pressure for a test run on the North Shore.

Snow is in the air as D&NE 28 is brought up to full pressure. The 2-8-0 was built as Duluth, Missabe & Northern 332. It's headlight celebrates both of the numbers it has worn during its long car... (more)

Duluth & Northeastern No. 28 rolls along Lake Superior with Duluth's trademark lift bridge as a backdrop. This was the first of two test runs made with DM&IR SD18 193 providing dynamic brake resi... (more)

Duluth & Northeastern No. 28 steam across Tischer Creek on its way towards Lakeside on the first of two test runs.

Duluth & Northeastern No. 28 backs out of the yard at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum during its second day of test runs on April 23. The engine made two 5-mile round trips to Lakeside with a D... (more)

Alive! D&NE 2-8-0 Consolidation 28 (former DM&IR 332) undergoes boiler tests in early April prior to a return to service this summer for the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. A very special sight for... (more)

Soo Line's Jenswold Street Interlocking tower stands guard over a SOO/NP crossing in Duluth under the DMIR ore dock. The tower has been abandoned for a while when this picture was taken in Septemb... (more)

What a son tells his mother early on Sunday morning - "Mom, your car is stuck on the railroad track in downtown Duluth." Fortunately her insurance company paid the healthy fee to have it... (more)

A massive cloud of fugitive dust rises as an ore train dumps into the dock while the Canadian Steamship Line's vessel Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin loads. CN does have a water deluge system on the appro... (more)

D&NE 28 is reunited with its tender for the first time in months as the restoration of this former DM&IR 2-8-0 continues, with official steam-up runs occurring in June.

D&NE 28 is reunited with its tender for the first time in months as the restoration of this former DM&IR 2-8-0 continues, with official steam-up runs occurring in June. A crew from the Lake Super... (more)

Missabe 2-8-8-4 227 and a Milwaukee Road boxcab electric, displayed side-by-side, are the highlights of a visit to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minn.

Missabe 227 has the largest cab I've ever been inside (and that includes several Big Boys!). The engineer seat is open to visitors at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth.