The Missabe heritage lives on. DM&IR 403 leads taconite loads southbound through Culver toward Proctor Yard. They will eventually make the run down to Dock 6 in Duluth to dump their load of pe... (more)

The steam is pouring off the hot taconite pellets on these southbound loads as they hit the straight away near Zim on a frigid -15F morning just after sunrise.

After pulling two loaded gons from Miller Compressing, the Marsh Job will shove back up the grade and re-enter the main that the 400 passenger train used to run on before completing their switch w... (more)

With their 1x1 power configuration, an empty tailings train runs down into Silver Bay among the peak fall colors.

A pair of GP20C-ECO units run light power eastbound over the Crawfish River after dropping off 8 empty ballast at the Michels pit in Waterloo

The Two Harbors loads speed by with steaming hot taconite pellets through Rollins with a fallen flag leader shining on point.

During a fairly rare move, the "Marsh Job" has just finished picking up two loaded low gons from Miller Compressing and is shoving back up the connection track to finish their switching ... (more)

The "Spirit of Magnolia" leads an odd-for-CN power duo west and north over the Nemadji River trestle toward Saunders with the short regional A403 train in tow. They will terminate at ne... (more)

BLE 909 leads a quartet of SD40s with Minntac loads into Biwabik where they will hold the main line while awaiting the arrival of the empties headed west from Two Harbors.

BLE 909 leads a quartet of SD40s with hot taconite loads in tow through Hoyt Lakes and bound for Two Harbors.

A fallen flag GP40 hangs onto it's original paint here in Waukesha where the local works the Amron Spur with tanks for Ventura Foods before a transformer pickup at SPX.

A rebuilt SD40, now an ECO unit, leads a funeral train of a pair of DME SD40s bound for their demise at the scrap yard shown here past Grand Ave and Miller Valley

Today's Byron Hill shover power is a classic pair of EMDs, with BLE 910 quite a ways from home. Typically a mainstay in Pennsylvania, the 910 spent a few weeks in Wisconsin to serve on this ass... (more)

A pair of CSX leaders get the call on the day's 470 mixed freight manifest. Here, they work east past a cluster of renovated warehouses near where the Milwaukee Road's Reed Street Yard once sto... (more)

A brand new Tier 4 leader guides this northbound manifest through North Duplainville.