MD&W 22 is about to leave the shop/office and head over to the mill to do some early evening switching at the PCA paper plant.

A SW-10 pulling boxcars at the Packaging Corporation of America (PCA), Boise Paper division which has been making high-quality, dependable paper products for nearly 115 years. As an integrated pul... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

Amongst the early morning fog and haze and truck traffic, MDW 22 is switching Boise boxcars at the PCA Packaging Corporation of America, International Falls Mill, Boise Paper.

On a dark and foggy morning, one of the first tasks of the day for MD&W 22 is pulling two boxcars out of the shop and returning them to service.

MD&W SW-10 switching boxcars around at the Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) paper mill in International Falls on a fog and frost filled morning mere feet from the Canadian border.

A faded BN 1537 idles in MD&W's yard at International Falls waiting for its rested crew to take it south to Superior. This was the last run of BNSF's I-Falls local over DW&P. Dubbed the "Gree... (more)

It's a cold, clear day in the "Ice Box of the Nation" International Falls, MN and MDW #21 is idling by the office while the crew is inside presumably eating lunch and warming up before heading bac... (more)

It's Friday afternoon just before darkness sets in, with MDW #21 sitting near the office during a little snow shower while the crew is inside taking a break from switching cars for the Boise paper... (more)

International Falls has the nickname "Icebox of the Nation" and this day lived up to that billing with the air temp of 5 degrees nipping at the nose and ears while watching MDW (ex-UP) E... (more)

MDW 19 - 18, rest between duties at International Falls, MN. 4/11/2000

This former B&O S-2 is still on the roster but a pair of rebuilt "hammerhead" UP EMD switchers do most of the work today at the Boise plant in Frostbite Falls.

A pair of Alcos rest from their switching chores 20 years ago. Today a pair of ex-UP EMD switchers do most of the work but two S-2s (16 and 18) remain on the roster.

MD&W is a shortline railroad operating 4 miles of track between International Falls and Ranier, Minnesota as well as between International Falls and Fort Frances, Ontario via the Fort Frances – ... (more)

This SW-10 #21 in a new forest green paint scheme operates on four miles of track preforming switching duties on Boises' MD&W Railroad which serves the Boise paper mill located in both Internation... (more)