CN 5349 leads train U716 through Munger, MN bound for loading at UTAC. The train is crossing under the old DW&P, now the CN Rainy Subdivision.

Train U717 heads south from UTAC with loads for Proctor. CN 2029 leads the steaming ore train through Kelsey, MN.

Train U717 from Fairlane with loads for Duluth, approaching Norway Ridge Road in Forbes, MN.

BLE 906 prepares to depart the Thunderbird mine as another T-bird pulls up behind it

CN 2029 leads a Southbound ID near Wales Junction.

BLE 906 leads ore empties North past the Saginaw depot in the snow

CN 2031 leads a Southbound ID through Ramshaw.

NP SD45 3617 sits on display at St. Paul Union Depot.

A trio of IC SD40-3s lead ore loads South through Grand Lake.

IC 6264 leads ore loads South through Munger.

BN 6254 is seen at BN's Harrison St. roundhouse in July 1973. This unit came to BN as CB&Q 514, built in May 1959. the unit was retired in July 1982. BN had perhaps the largest roster of SD7/SD9/S... (more)

BN 616 is former GN passenger F7A no. 365C/ 276A built in October 1950. BN apparently assigned it to freight service. F units primarily assigned to BN passenger service were numbered in the 9700-9... (more)

BN SD45 no. 6501 is being hostled at the Harrison St. turntable at BN engine facilities in Minneapolis, MN. This unit is a good example of the later production of SD45s made by EMD. First, BN chos... (more)

BN F9A no. 818 sits in a roundhouse at all at BN's former Great Northern engine facilities at Harrison St. in Minneapolis, MN. This was an important facility for GN and early BN. This unit was in ... (more)

It's a clear and brisk morning in the Twin Cities as the Minnesota Commercial's Job 31 works the yard at Midway, Minnesota, between Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The gurgle of a venerable GE B36-7 f... (more)