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 – International Falls International Bridge, which is jointly owned by MDW and Abitibi Consolidated. The railroad serves the paper mills in both International Falls and Fort Frances and the railroad also interchanges with Canadian National Railway at Ranier. The MDW was created in 1910 but the company had been incorporated in 1902 as the International Bridge and Terminal Company. Today it operates two of these SW-10's #21 and #22 along with 2 Alco's for it's switching operations. That's the Fort Frances operation on the right side of the frame located across the Rainy river in Canada.
