A pair of BNSF switchers roll past the laker Joseph L. Block unloading limestone at CN's Dock No. 6. The limestone will be loaded into ore cars for movement to the Minorca pellet plant near Virgin... (more)

An empty limestone train drops down the ramp to Missabe Junction while a Proctor Roadswitch spots cars on ore dock 6. The harbor was busy as well with four active ships visible (a fifth ship is in... (more)

A nice trio of former BN SD60Ms (1445, 1428, 1414) lead 129 cars south on the Hinckley Subdivision. BNSF is renumbering these units to make way for new arrivals so they have been recently patched,... (more)

This Canadian grain car sprung a small leak and is spilling its contents at UP's yard in Superior. The wheat logo is appropriate for the commodity piling up on the ground, much to the delight of d... (more)

A second generation SD40-2 leads a pair of F9s and a GP20 out of Duluth with interchange traffic off the DW&P. F9A 784 was built for NP passenger service (you can still see the steam generator ven... (more)

I always liked MRL's husky SD35s. Here a trio lead the gas local eastbound towards Missoula on a beautiful fall day.

It isn't often that you find equipment freshly painted in BN's Cascade Green scheme. This box car looks sharp on display at Bandana Square, a former NP shop complex now used for offices, a hotel a... (more)

A view looking at the shuttered former LTV Steel Mining Company (Erie Mining) ore dock at Taconite Harbor. The ore dock hasn't been used for shipping ore in ten years (LTV quit in 2001 and success... (more)

A view looking at the shuttered former LTV Steel Mining Company (Erie Mining) trestle and ore dock at Taconite Harbor. The ore dock hasn't been used for shipping ore in ten years (LTV quit in 2001... (more)

A pair of F9s ease back to pick up RS11 7209 and a waste water tank car from the top of the dormant ore dock in 2006. Cliffs Erie had moved some cars to the dock area to pick up grinding equipment... (more)

A trio of matched former Iowa Interstate geeps prepare to shove BNSF's Hinckley Local towards the mainline at its namesake. These units are on long term lease and have been regulars on this job. ... (more)

Due to increasing shipments of fracking sand shortline St. Croix Valley is adding two rebuilt 3,000-hp six axle units to its roster The first to arrive after repainting at Horicon, Wisconsin was 1... (more)

Under an overcast sky BNSF's Superior to Northtown manifest crosses over a rain swollen Nemadji River. Along for the ride was Soo Line FP7A 2500A headed for the streamliner event in Spencer. By pu... (more)

With the dormant and stripped former DM&IR ore dock No. 5 as a backdrop, a large front end loader fills side dump cars at Hallett Dock. The limestone is used in the production of taconite pellets ... (more)

One of the favorite activities during National Train Day at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum was supervised hand car and motor car rides. Here a pair of young lads zip a former Missabe hand car p... (more)