On a beautiful morning, DMIR 2-8-0 332 leads the Lake Superior Railroad Museum's morning passenger train along the shores of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee.

On a sunny morning, IC 6251 leads Fairlane ore loads to Proctor.

Fairlane and T-Bird trains wait to depart for the Missabe Sub.

BLE 903 and company hustle south through Kelsey with ore loads out of United Taconite in Forbes.

The dynamics are howlin' as DMIR 405, CN 5318 and IC 6252 lead ore loads down Spirit Mountain.

UP "Big Boy" 4-8-8-4 4014 crosses the Chippewa River in Eau Claire, WI. The train is closing in on the day's destination of Altoona. It was a fun week of chasing around Minnesota and Wis... (more)

The Big Boy heads south into Hudson, bound for Altoona where they will tie up for the day.

4014 rolls south down the Altoona Sub.

An all Ferromex lash-up passes by the Fridley North Star Station with a southbound BNSF grain train.

On a beautiful morning, UP 4014 heads south across the Kettle River in Sandstone, bound for the Twin Cities.

Six EMD's of different flavors were making quite the sound as they climbed Spirit Mountain on the way to Proctor Yard with limestone loads.

Ore empties await signal indication at Collingwood with a nice EMD lash-up. Leading the way is IC 6251, the last deathstar SD40-3 to still wear the original white frame stripe.

The Big Boy crosses the Saint Louis Bay as it makes its way to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth.

While a string of SD70MAC's (mixed in with a few SW's and a few other EMD's) await a hopeful return to service, a northbound North Star train passes the BNSF's Northtown Yard with a pair of MP36PH... (more)

CN has completed their delivery of ore to the CSL Tadoussac as the veteran lake freighter makes its departure out of Duluth. IC 6251 and company are putting on the finishing touches before departi... (more)