Soo 2500A leads Erie Mining F9A 4211 through Duluth's lower downtown area en route back to Union Depot after a nice run to Two Harbors. The retired ore carrier William A. Irvin ( a former U.S. Ste... (more)

This nice NP caboose rests in front of the Yellowstone Gateway Museum in Livingston, a major shop town on the NP and still used to a lesser extent by MRL. The wooden cross-buck and semaphore signa... (more)

CN's L-599 transfer job with three SD60s and 60 empty limestone cars rolls past a Proctor Roadswitch that was spotting ore cars on Dock 6.

St. Croix's road units ease to a stop in Rush City as the ground utility man lines a switch. Even the company ride has a nice Monad logo.

The relatively new paint on 5436 contrasts with the chipped and blistering paint on the ore carrier Roger Blough, which is also owned by CN but operated by a U.S. firm.

An A-A set of F-units (FP7 and F9) ease an excursion train past Duluth's popular Lakewalk along the shore of Lake Superior.

Late summer flowers provide some color as a short ore train heads for Silver Bay.

Fall colors come early to northern Minnesota as ore loads from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant roll towards Two Harbors on a beautiful morning.

A perfect September day along the shore of Lake Superior finds Soo 2500A still shiny from its visit to Spencer leading ore horse Erie Mining F9A 4211 on an excursion to Two Harbors. Note the Natha... (more)

A & Dub's drive-in wasn't open yet so I couldn't order my favorite Hunter Burger, but their orange seating fit right in with the trio of Bessemer 900s working on the approach to CN's Duluth ore do... (more)

This year marked the 50th Anniversary of Montana's famous "Centennial Train" that ran through 18 states in the summer of 1964 en route to New York City and back as a tourism publicity ef... (more)

A pair of Boeing 737 fuselages take a ride west over Bozeman Pass.

The local crew has cut off and tied down their caboose while they shove cars across busy Highway 89 and into the R-Y Timber facility on the south side of Livingston. This short segment in Livingst... (more)

All four of St. Croix Valley's NP-inspired units converge at a frac sand plant between North Branch and Harris on a beautiful September day.

St. Croix Valley has just applied NP-authentic "Radio Equipped" decals to their new SD40M-2s (in SD45 bodies). Here the pair move 41 cars south along the former NP Skally Line that linke... (more)