A SOO signal maintainer works to remove one of the last semaphores in the Twin Ports area. This one on the C&NW was the distant approach to the 12th St interlocking with the SOO.

A BNSF train lost its air brakes and turned into a runaway train that ended up in CP's Pig's Eye Yard.

Hulcher working at getting the far end this car back on the tracks after yesterdays derailment

Hulcher working at getting this car back on the tracks after yesterdays derailment

A view of the station agents desk inside the old Milwaukee Road depot on the grounds of the WMSTR.

Whitetail buck hears and sees an incoming train and decides to run and heading for disaster if he stays on this course.

After removal of a switch to the former Westinghouse Plant, track crews make a smooth joint in the rail. Wash bucket catches sparks to prevent R/W fires.

The GE engine has been removed from the truck and is now being transfered to a special car for holding motors which was made at the Derby Shops.

One of three more massive loads for the Oil Sands Project in Alberta, CA. Duluth has been a very busy port over the past few years for oversize loads headed for Canada.

One of three more massive loads for the Oil Sands Project in Alberta, CA. Duluth has been a very busy port over the past few years for oversize loads headed for Canada

One of three more massive loads for the Oil Sands Project in Alberta, CA. Duluth has been a very busy port over the past few years for oversize loads headed for Canada

the view between two mini-quad ore car sets, two hoses up high, one for train line air, and the other for straight air which allows the engineer to set retainers from the cab.

An old C&NW transfer caboose rests in the weeds in Ashland

A sad end to a rusty old set of cars life

A classic concrete L&N milepost---CV260--Pennington (Gap), Virginia