One rail, two sails. DMIR 404 dumps Minntac pellets on Dock 6, high above the Walter J. McCarthy which was loading nearly 60,000 tons of ore destined for Gary, IN while the CN owned Great Lakes Fl... (more)

The leaves are gone but the EMD's aren't -- for now. 13,000 horsepower sourced from three SD40-types and a solo C40-8 slug up Proctor Hill and around Bachelor's Curve with a load of Minntac limest... (more)

The theme of "Flares & F's" is on full display with this ore train recreation. Was told it was not uncommon to see F's & SD45's teamed up on these jobs back in Cuyuna Iron Range days.

Light power to pull Lakehead pulls down the Hole Track while DMIR 408 and two sisters spot empties high above on Dock 6. The sun was out for a cumulative of 15 seconds in the few minutes I was on ... (more)

Peak Fall color and a matched trio of BLE tunnel motors cannot be beat.

The infamous BLE trio of 906, 904, and 909 takes a set of empty limestone down Proctor Hill.

A busy afternoon on the CN ore docs of Duluth, MN. Limestone loads crawl uphill while a boat loads ore from a different train. Todays loads are powered by two IC SD40s sandwhiching two old CN moto... (more)

Prcotor switch taking some limestone empties down Prcotor Hill at Spirit Mountain.

Southbound auto train drops down Steelton Hill in the early evening.

The proctor switch with a trio of former DMIR tunnel motors unloading pellets on top of the Duluth ore dock.

A southbound CN intermodal drops down Steelton Hill in the early afternoon.

Operating in the vicinity of Lake Superior as opposed to Lake Erie, these three B&LE units spent the weekend running ore trains on the DM&IR.

Management said they want to send the EMD's on the Iron Range out with a bang and I'd say they're doing a great job. It had been over five years since the last time a trio of orange T's were toget... (more)

There was no shortage of photos as the BLE trio shoved limestone loads under the Duluth docks.

BLE 906, 904 and 909 make for a very nice tunnel motor trio as they take headroom under CN Dock 6 in Duluth, MN. The loaded Minorca bound limestone train would soon make way up Proctor Hill and in... (more)