A CN manifest grinds up the 1.8% grade of Steelton Hill after a spring snow storm coated the trees nicely.
A pair of ex-Frisco MP15s slowly roll across a wood trestle that BNSF is in the process of replacing (note the new steel pilings). This is the former Duluth Transfer (NP) line in far western Dulut... (more)
NP steam-powered rotary snowplow No. 2 was constructed by the Cooke Locomotive Works for the road in 1887 and is believed to be the oldest example of its kind in existence.
A view from the engineer's side of Milwaukee Road boxcab 10200. No. 10200 was the first of 42 electric locomotives delivered by General Electric to the Road beginning in 1915, the year it was buil... (more)
A trio of veteran EMDs ease ore loads down Proctor Hill towards Dock 6.
An all-EMD light power set that includes three SD40-2Ws and an SD60 rolls down the ramp to Missabe Junction. The Duluth school bus fleet is resting on this quiet Sunday morning.
Mesabi Miner meets Missabe Road. DM&IR 316 and 193 both spent many hours on this dock and below it during their years on the Missabe. Employed now by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum the pair hav... (more)
Ice jam stalls ships in Lake Superior but DM&IR 316 and 193 have no trouble leading a long train of empty coal cars from winter storage. The pair are shown passing along the shore of Lake Superior... (more)
Soo Pacific 2719 rests inside the warm and dry LSRM while a spring blizzard ramps up outside. As viewed through the rear porthole window of NP Russell wedge plow No. 19. The 2719 will get in some ... (more)
Nothing like a good old fashioned spring blizzard to get one thinking about the summer tourist train season.
Missabe 193 and 316 have just brought a train of empty Detroit Edison coal cars from winter storage along the North Shore Scenic Railroad. The BNSF power on the left will take the train to the Pow... (more)
A recent swoosh repaint and an older H-1 geep add color on this chilly spring day.
Safety First.
Interesting power set lifts limestone loads up Proctor Hill on the former DM&IR.
CP and UP transfer jobs go about their business in Duluth.
