The 0700 job returns with empties near the isolated set-out track named Reserve (named for its close proximity to the Reserve Mining mainline). F9A 4214 has been sold and is headed to a new owner.... (more)

This former B&O S-2 is still on the roster but a pair of rebuilt "hammerhead" UP EMD switchers do most of the work today at the Boise plant in Frostbite Falls.

There aren't too many end cab switchers remaining on the BNSF roster but here we find three awaiting their next call to duty in Duluth.

My first visit to the EMCO plant was on December 30, 1980 and unfortunately our timing was poor as apparently they had stopped running mainline trains for the season as all the F-units were dead a... (more)

A bit of wide angle lens play makes the 407 appear much larger than little brother SD38-2 212. Both are Missabe veterans, with 407 tracing its original birthright back to 1976 as SSW 9278 (SP) and... (more)

Two former DM&IR SD38-2s switch cars in a frosted surrounding.

Missabe 403 leads a train of steaming Minntac pellets south towards Proctor. The warm weather combined with high moisture in the air formed nice hoarfrost.

A string of transfer cabooses mingle with unused cars awaiting disposition after the demise of the Rock Island. Gondolas on the right are loaded with salvaged rail.

Three SD60 types ease a loaded limestone train out of Missabe Junction in Duluth. This train is headed for U.S. Steel's large Minntac ore processing plant where the lime rock will be added to taco... (more)

The DW&P ran a holiday special for employees from 1977 through 1982 using equipment from the LSRM and Missabe. Here the train has arrived from Virginia and a pair of RS11s will hook onto the rear ... (more)

An empty ore train exists Cramer Tunnel on its way back to the mine. F9 4213 would be destroyed in a run-away at Taconite Harbor two years later.

Framed by a concrete arch supporting Highway 61 over the frozen Sucker River, Erie Mining 4211 leads a special passenger train to Knife River.

Framed by a concrete arch supporting Highway 61 over the frozen Sucker River, Soo 2500A brings up the rear of a special passenger train to Knife River.

A beautiful day in northeastern Minnesota finds the natives out walking their dogs and riding a special train to a winter festival in Knife River. Soo 2500A's rotating Mars light indicates the tra... (more)

The NSSR's Christmas City Express arrives in downtown Duluth after a short trip from Fitgers. The RDC is a former C&NW version and is one of the first delivered.