A limestone train for United Taconite departs Duluth while another train dumps its load of iron ore on Dock 6. The James R Barker is at the shiploader while the Roger Blough is on the east (right)... (more)

CN's Steelton Hill Pusher catches the first rays of light as it returns to the base of the grade at the Duluth suburb of Steelton.

The Proctor Transfer heads up Steelton Hill, displaying the changes in GE's Tier 3 & 4 radiators.

An EX-DMIR Tunnel Motor leads a CN taconite train onto the Ore Docks in Duluth.

DMIR 405 SD40T-3
CN 5318 SD40-2W
CN 5349 SD40-2W

A pair of CP ECOs switch Duluth's Port Terminal in a thick fog on a quiet Sunday morning.

BNSF remote control job 116 shoves two hoppers into the Rices Point yard while a nice matched pair of ex-Santa Fe GP50s (3183/3181) prepare to depart with a transfer.

A CP transfer from Duluth to Superior passes a CN job with limestone empties at Missabe Junction. Nice to see all-EMD power.

Duluth Harbor remains frozen on this early March morning as a train of taconite pellets is unloaded from the docks and into stockpiles. In a few short weeks, shipping on the Great Lakes will resum... (more)

Limestone loads behind a trio of C40-8 variants begins its climb up Proctor Hill while three DM&IR tunnel motors spot ore cars for dumping at Dock 6.

A quiet evening at Duluth's Rices Point. A GP 38-2 idles in CP's yard while the BBC Mississippi unloads it's cargo of windmill towers.

After dropping their cut of cars off, UP 679 pulls up the very end of the yard so the conductor can throw the switch and they can head back home to Superior, WI.

A UP transfer from their yard in Superior, WI arrives at the snow filled CP yard on Rices Point in Duluth, MN.

A CN ore train descends Proctor Hill on Duluth's west end behind a GE C40-8M and a pair of standard cab Dash-8s. The train is a dock run from Proctor Yard.

NP SD45 3617 leads a photo special on the North Shore Scenic Railroad, its first public appearance after restoration.

A trio of veteran second generation EMDs shove Taconite loads onto CN's Dock 6 for dumping in evening light in Duluth, MN.