A loaded tailings train heads to the Milepost 7 basin with one SD40-3 on either end.

A trio of light units roll past the first ship of the season, the Cason J. Callaway (also owned by CN). The piles of ore are high and ice will likely hamper the start of this shipping season.

A nice matched set of Bessemer SD40T-3s (904, 903, 906) lead a loaded Minntac ore train downgrade into Two Harbors. There are five B&LE tunnel motors assigned to the former Missabe and getting thr... (more)

A cold sunrise over Lake Superior as a yard crew uses a road set to position empty ore cars towards the outgoing.

The new and old at Stinson.

A odd pairing but certainly colorful. The Cargill unit (CRGX 570) was heading to Moose Jaw and is a former PC SD40.

A pair of CP ECOs are small in comparison to the Great Lakes Fleet tug-barge Presque Isle, which was getting ready to depart its winter lay-up berth in Duluth.

One of CHS's five switchers assigned to their large Superior grain complex enjoys the sun as two of its sisters shiver in the shadows. The 200 is former Portland Traction and wore a nice coat of o... (more)

A friendly wave from the conductor as a westbound empty coal train meets a loaded train on the high plains of Wyoming.

C&NW leased (tested) two of these large GE center cab switchers (1198 and 1199). They lasted three years from October 78 through October 81.

This former Conrail SD45 had been used in CN (DW&P) pool service through the Twin Ports until it suffered a broken crankshaft and was relegated to "display" status at various Operation Lifesaver a... (more)

The C&NW SD45s were infrequent visitors to Duluth-Superior so we where excited when the North Western acquired a number of former Conrail SD45s (with dynamic brakes). Just days on the property a p... (more)

Two former GN locomotives look sharp in their clean Cascade Green as they prepare to lead a passenger extra from Duluth to Iron River, Wisconsin for underprivileged children.

A nice trio of blue and gold SD40-2s lead CP train 482 from Superior (WI) to St. Paul over BNSF's Hinckley subdivision. The train is rolling across the Kettle River.

Quite the colorful and unique consist leads an ore train bound eventually for Escanaba, Michigan.