This former DM&IR shop switcher was originally built for the C&O as their 5060 and then sold to the EJ&E as their 455 (upgraded to SW1200 specs). The switcher was transferred from the J to the Mis... (more)

A pair of rebuilt geeps lead a passenger extra for mining engineers on the loading loop at National Taconite.

Wet and heavy snow blowing sideways never makes for a good day to be doing ground work (or trying to keep your lens dry). Here a Proctor Roadswitch arrives with a train of ore empties from Duluth ... (more)

CN uses a number of large vacuum trucks to suck spilled taconite pellets from between the rails on its former DM&IR ore lines in Minnesota. Here one of the trucks cleans the mainline through Proct... (more)

A loaded ore train interchanged with CN slowly crosses the former NP Grassy Point draw between Superior and Duluth. The Spirit Mountain ski hill can be seen in the distance.

A machinist works to repair a wiper during a heavy snow storm at the Proctor Diesel House.

An interesting BNSF switch job pauses by the yard office as freezing rain falls. It was likely headed to the car shop area, the normal summer home for the snow dozer.

A pair of leased geeps handle a short Union Pacific transfer past CN's West Duluth ore docks on a blustery spring day.

A view of the rotary dumper at CSX's Presque Isle coal dock in Toledo. Two loaded cars are entering the dumper on the right and in the process push two empty cars out the left side and down the gr... (more)

A pair of former Frisco GP40-2s hustle train 224 south towards Wyoming on this lightly used secondary CB&Q line.

A trio of BNSF units lift an empty 133-car ore train up CN's Proctor Hill. This was a rare occurrence to have a BNSF train on famed Proctor Hill. The train was headed for U.S. Steel's Minntac plan... (more)

A trio of BNSF units lift an empty 133-car ore train up CN's Proctor Hill. This was a rare occurrence to have a BNSF train on famed Proctor Hill. The train was headed for U.S. Steel's Minntac plan... (more)

A rare move of a BNSF ore train interchanged off the CN in Duluth moves across Grassy Point Draw and a partially frozen St. Louis River. Train was loaded at U.S. Steel's Minntac plant and will unl... (more)

A rare move of a BNSF ore train down CN's Proctor Hill. A washout on BNSF coupled with the need for ore at U.S. Steel mills in Alabama and Illinois resulted in this unusual move. CN operated the t... (more)

A rare move of a BNSF ore train down CN's Proctor Hill. A washout on BNSF coupled with the need for ore at U.S. Steel mills in Alabama and Illinois resulted in this unusual move. CN operated the t... (more)