Warm early evening light illuminates a CP transfer as it rolls along BNSF tracks to Superior while a CN limestone train awaits departure on former DM&IR rails.

A loaded ore train with cars equipped with traditional friction bearing trucks and steel brake shoes creates a smoke cloud as it nears the base of the 2.2% grade of Proctor Hill near the Duluth or... (more)

DM&IR SD9 168, the only original Missabe unit in this set, does its part to help lift ore empties up from the ore dock in Duluth to the yard at Proctor. The old veteran would be off the roster the... (more)

An IC SD40-3 and repainted sister help lift ore empties up Proctor Hill along with CN SD40u 6024.

After backing out of Duluth, MILW 261 is now pointed for the Grassy Point swing bridge which separates Minnesota and Wisconsin. The 261 will cross the bridge and begin the trip back to Minneapoli... (more)

A rare 1913 GE diesel electric owned by the Minnesota Transportation Museum was used to haul tourists on Duluth's Lake Superior & Mississippi line in 1981. This locomotive was originally used on t... (more)

The Beaver Tail brings up the rear of the 261 special as it rolls into Duluth.

An empty limestone train arrives at Missabe Junction. These cars will be loaded by Hallett Dock Company for use by U.S. Steel's Minntac plant.

A loaded limestone train for Minntac heads for Proctor while another Proctor Roadswitch crew positions an ore train for dumping.

Hallett Dock 12 spots a cut of cars for unloading on Dock 6, the empties are on the down hill slope from the Car Unloading System, the backhoe is used to removed the stubborn remains of bentonite ... (more)

Looking like a scene from the Fifties, two steamers wait during the night for their next respective freight run. But alas it's National Train Day 2013 and the SOO 2719 is fired up for the occasio... (more)

SOO 4512 and an ECO switch in Rices Point yard in the late afternoon as storm clouds are seen moving on in the background.

SOO 2719 takes a dinner train along the shores of downtown Duluth.

One of the two remaining Missabe-painted units on CN arrives with a loaded ore train in Duluth. I recommend the Hunter Burger!

While the morning Proctor Roadswitch job rolls overhead on the approach to Dock 6 a U-710 crew prepares to cut off the three units at Lakehead and run light to Proctor to pick up their train of em... (more)